The Best Funny Accountant Jokes

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Accountants are the necessary backbone of any company, responsible for determining the profit (or loss) of the company, and ensuring that the legal side of things, paperwork and taxes are properly recorded and reported.

There are of course crooked accountants, who I guess you could describe as someone who “cooks the books”, massaging the figures to help reduce taxes or to make it look like the company is doing better than it really is.

Being traditionally nerdy and sometimes introverted, accountants have been a topic of many jokes throughout the ages. Here is a selection of funny accountant jokes for you to enjoy.

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I Need Help To File My Taxes

An attractive young woman walked into an accountant’s office and said to him “I need help to file my taxes”. The accountant said to her, “Well madam, before we begin, […]

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Murphy’s Aptitude Test

Murphy wanted to be an accountant, so he went for an aptitude test with a local accountancy company, confident as he ever could be that he would get the job. […]

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The Accountant

An accountant dragged himself home from work and he barely made it to his armchair before he collapsed into it, exhausted. His sympathetic wife was right there with a long […]

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Divisional Manager Applicants

A business man was interviewing applicants for the position of divisional manager for a new division of the company which was in the middle of expanding. He devised a simple […]

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How Accountants Do It

Whatever they do, have you ever wondered how accountants do it? Accountants do it by the book. Accountants do it within budget. Accountants do it to the bottom line. Accountants […]

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Counting Sheep

You have heard about counting sheep as a way to try and get to sleep when you are having one of those nights I am sure. Well, an accountant was […]

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The Bank Robbery

Two accountants were waiting in the queue in a bank, when there was a bank robbery. Without warning, a gang of armed robbers burst into the bank foyer and ordered […]

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Natural History Museum

An accountant recently paid a visit to the Natural History museum. While he was looking at the Tyrannosaurus Rex exhibit, he remarked to another visitor who was standing next to […]

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The Easiest To Operate On

Four surgeons were taking a coffee break in between procedures, and were discussing their work, in particular which types of patients were the easiest to operate on. The first surgeon […]

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The Perfect Worker

How many of us have had to put up with “The Perfect Worker” in our lives? You know the type: Always seen kissing the management’s rear end, making out that […]

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No Need To Worry

A young man had just finished business school and answered a wanted advert for a small business that was looking for an accountant. He went for a job interview, finding that the […]