Julia's unhappy relationship with the Inland Revenue was due to her omission, during four years of modestly successful practice at the Bar, to pay any income tax. The truth is, I think, that she did not, in her heart of hearts, really believe in income tax. It was a subject which she had studied for examinations and on which she had thereafter advised a number of clients: she naturally did not suppose, in these circumstances, that it had anything to do with real life. Sarah Caudwell
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In the book "Julia and Julia" by Julie Powell, she explains that her mother did not believe that there was a need for income tax. This is because she did not really understand that high salaries were taxed and the lower you get, the more likely you will be to be under-taxed. She said, "I think Julia's unhappy relationship with the Inland Revenue was due to her omission, during four years of modestly successful practice at the Bar, to pay any income tax. The truth is, I think, that she did not in her heart of hearts really believe in income tax."

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