File for the first time without fear, or fees.
Whether you even need to file, what the forms mean, the free ways to do it, why a refund isn't a bonus, and the credit low-income workers leave on the table.
6 guides · about 31 minutes of reading · 25 flashcards · 6-question final
In order; each guide builds on the one before it.
Not everyone is required to file a tax return. Filing anyway is often worth it.
Filing taxes sounds scary, but it's mostly copying numbers from a few forms. Here's the whole thing, start to finish.
W-2, 1099, W-4: the alphabet soup of tax forms, translated into plain English.
You almost never need to pay to file a simple tax return. Here's how to do it for nothing.
That refund check feels like a gift, but it's really your own money coming back. Here's what that means.
The Earned Income Tax Credit can put thousands back in your pocket, but only if you claim it.
Every definition you'll meet in this module's guides, pulled straight from the glossary. Flip through before the final: if a term feels fuzzy, the guide it came from is one click back up the page.
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