Einstein on income taxes
- Henri Pellemans
- 27-03-2024 16:30
Einstein's tax consultant Leo Mattersdorf in Time Magazine (1963):
One year while I was at his Princeton home preparing his [tax; HP] return, Mrs. Einstein, who was then still living, asked me to stay for lunch. During the course of the meal, the professor turned to me and with his inimitable chuckle said: "The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes." I replied: "There is one thing more difficult, and that is your theory of relativity." "Oh, no," he replied, ''that is easy." To which Mrs. Einstein commented, "Yes, for you."
One year while I was at his Princeton home preparing his [tax; HP] return, Mrs. Einstein, who was then still living, asked me to stay for lunch. During the course of the meal, the professor turned to me and with his inimitable chuckle said: "The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes." I replied: "There is one thing more difficult, and that is your theory of relativity." "Oh, no," he replied, ''that is easy." To which Mrs. Einstein commented, "Yes, for you."