How to Arrive at Your Income Tax

Well, this seems timely... From a Hodges' scrapbook, dated 1921:

HOW TO ARRIVE AT YOUR INCOME TAX

Boston Record

First, take your income,

Add wife's income,

Divide by your eldest son's age,

Add your telephone number,

Subtract your auto-license number,

Add electric light bill,

Divide by the number of kilowatts,

Multiplied by your father's age,

Add number of gold fillings in teeth,

Add your house number,

Subtract wife's age (approximate),

Divide by the number of aunts you have,

Add the number of uncles,

Subtract the number of daughters,

Multiply by the number of times

You have gone up in an airplane,

Subtract your best golf score,

Add a pinch of salt,

And then go out and

Borrow the money and pay the tax.