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This valuable resource provides answers for students on education, careers, and more.

Understanding Taxes
This program is designed for high schools, community colleges and the general public. It features more than 1,100 pages of interactive programs and learning tools to help you understand and learn about the history, theory and use of taxes in the United States.

Link & Learn Taxes
If you want to learn how to prepare taxes and serve as a volunteer in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and the Tax Counseling for the Elderly programs, this online application is the place for you.



Interesting IRS Facts

IRS History
The roots of the IRS go back to the Civil War when President Lincoln and Congress, in 1862, created the position of commissioner of Internal Revenue and enacted an income tax to pay war expenses. Follow the timeline to today’s IRS.


Fun Activities! Get a head start with learning about taxes. Here are some activities you can do with your parents, some of your friends or a teacher.

  • Tax Maze
    Help the tax envelope make it through the maze to the mailbox!
  1. Tax Maze(For use with Adobe Reader 7)
  2. Tax Maze (For use with Adobe Reader 8) (coming soon)
  3. Tax Maze (For use with Adobe Reader 9)
Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 2012-08-03