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From the time Professor Einstein came to this country until his death, I prepared his income tax returns and advised him on his tax problems. However, contrary to the statement that you quote, at no time did he allude to me as a philosopher...
...Einstein on Taxes...
...interested in the article on taxes [Feb. 1] in which it was pointed out that "the late great Albert Einstein once admitted that figuring out his U.S. income tax was beyond him-he had to go to a tax consultant. 'This is too difficult for a mathematician,' said Einstein. 'It takes a philosopher...
...late great Albert Einstein once admitted that figuring out his U.S. income tax was beyond him-he had to go to a tax consultant. "This is too difficult for a mathematician," said Einstein. "It takes a philosopher...
...intricacies of the income tax. Unless they take the straight and narrow path of the short form and the standard deduction, even conscientious taxpayers can never be really sure when they send off their returns whether they cheated themselves or their Government. A philosopher fares no better than an Einstein. If he were heroic enough to read all 929 pages of the tax code, he would not find in them what philosophers seek: order, coherence and principle amid the seeming chaos...