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

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.

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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