1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"

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From: hanc...
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 19:29

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In 1967, Smith Corona ran an ad in LIFE magazine for an electric
adding machine (add, subtract, multiply) that would "breeze 
through your trying tax problems with super-accurate speed."

The price was $90 in 1967 dollars.

What is ironic is that I believe one can get a tax software
package today for less than that, and the software will not
only add up the taxes, but also figure them out.  

ad at:
https://books.google.com/books?id=n1YEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA82&dq=life%20scm%20tax&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false

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