From The Late Show last week.

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Top Ten Signs Your Accountant Is Dumb

10. Your accountant is so dumb, he pronounces C.P.A. ‘Kuh-Pah’ (Andrew Rubin)

9. Your accountant is so dumb, to file returns electronically, he ships his computer to the IRS (Lou Defalco)

8. Your accountant is so dumb, she rounded up your 1099 Form to an 1100 Form (Adele Valenzuela)

7. Your accountant is so dumb, he went into ‘Tax Accounting’ thinking he’d get to stuff dead animals (Lou Demars)

6. Your accountant is so dumb, he has Wite-Out for lunch and covers mistakes with soup (Harvey Tanton)

5. Your accountant is so dumb, instead of Form 888-H-AOC for supporting documents to prove American Opportunity Credit, he submits Form 886-H-FTHBC for First-Time Homebuyer Credits — What a moron! (Andrew Ross)

4. Your accountant is so dumb, he went into accounting to impress babes (Mark Morrow)

3. Your accountant is so dumb, she spells ‘Accountant’ with four C’s and a six (Ann Timney)

2. Your accountant is so dumb, he damages his credibility by appearing on this show (Richard Koenigsberg)

1. Your accountant is so dumb, he thinks the 1040-EZ Form is for sluts (Doug Cohen)

I was watching the first preview episode of Ricky Gervais’ new sitcom, “Life’s Too Short‘” and this scene with the show’s star and his tax accountant cracked me up.  It’s set in England, but could just as easily be here in the States.