Concept: the dog calculates taxes due from signing contracts and making movies. Here Lassie struggles with the complexities of the code.

Lassie! Timmy can’t find his amortization schedules! Go get the forms from H&R Block, girl! Go!

The paper used this photo, but not for a tax day story. They cropped out the calendar and tax forms and just used a tiny picture of Lassie, wearing glasses for no particular reason, with a paw on an adding machine, for no particular reason.

Using extreme magnification I was able to read the numbers on the tape. The consist of a long series of one sum - .39 - followed by the addition of seven individual pennies, then the sum .42 repeated over and over again. This photo was later used in the lawsuit of Lassie v. Weatherwax, where the dog sued its owner for royalties on syndication; the suit is expected to be cited in the upcoming Duchovny v. Fox trial. Of the two plantiffs, Lassie had a greater acting range.