If you have an accountant in your family or among your friends, you know how hard they can be to shop for, especially since many of them prefer to buy the tools they use at work themselves. Calculators and record books aside, there are  great gifts you can purchase for your accountant that will remind them of their job with a little tongue-in-cheek humor.

Gag gifts

If your accountant has a great sense of humor and you enjoy giving gag gifts, a great gift idea is a roll of toilet paper that is designed to look like money. After all, an accountant spends all day figuring out what people do with their money and how much of it is wasted, so a roll of toilet paper printed with a money print is sure to make them laugh.

One real share

If your accountant does not have such a great sense of humor, there are other accountant gifts ideas you can consider that are a little bit more serious in tone. For the investor accountant, you might want to consider purchasing one real share of Wells Fargo and have it framed for your accountant. Many accountants appreciate the humor behind this since Wells Fargo is the reserve for U.S. currency, but the fact that it is a share of the company is appealing to many to place in their office as well.

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Personalized signs

Other gifts for accountants include a personalized old-fashioned wooden sign that features the accountant’s name, as well as a personalized message. Gifts of this caliber usually run around $30, but if you include more than a personal message, you could be looking at upwards of $60, depending on the message. This gift is great for accountants that work out of their own personal office because they can place the sign outside for everyone to see.

Another great gift idea for an accountant is a 1040 Tax Form tie. Since the bulk of an accountant’s work is making sure a person’s taxes are filed correctly, the humor of giving them a tie that is made to look like the form they spend so much time with is very humorous.

These are just a few of the gift ideas you can get for the accountant in your life. Others are more serious such as elegant pen sets or a wine rack, or a gift card for their favorite store so that they can decide themselves what they want to buy.