Taking On Taxes: A Beginner’s Guide To The Foreign Language Of Taxes

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Does tax time leave you stressed and frustrated by terms and concepts you don’t understand? Do you always wonder if you’ve paid too little or too much? This course will help you to understand common tax terms and concepts so you can confidently do it yourself or communicate with a tax preparer.

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What You’ll Learn:

  • How tax brackets determine how much we’re taxed
  • The difference between a tax credit and tax deduction
  • Why some people get a big refund and others end up owing money
  • Options for completing and filing a tax return and their pros and cons

Course Instructions

This course has a total of 17 lessons. To start a lesson, select the lesson title to open the course. Each lesson will have a quiz. To take the quiz, select the quiz title to open. Once a lesson has been completed, the lesson status will change to completed and your course status will update.

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Course Content

What You Already Know
Before We Begin
Pretest Complete
Important Concepts
Withholding 1 Quiz
Lesson Content
Tax Brackets 1 Quiz
Lesson Content
Tax Credits 1 Quiz
Lesson Content
Tax Deductions 1 Quiz
Lesson Content
Tax Refunds 1 Quiz
Lesson Content
Filing A Tax Return
Who Needs To File A Tax Return 1 Quiz
What You’ll Need 1 Quiz
How Long Will It Take? 1 Quiz
How Much Will It Cost? 1 Quiz
Do It Yourself Options 1 Quiz
Professional Tax Preparer Options 1 Quiz
Final Exam 1 Quiz
Course Satisfaction Survey
Resource List and Course Completion Certificate