Basic Taxes

It still amazes me that people with simple lifestyles are still paying someone else to do their taxes once a year. Of course this is after years of paying my Uncle $20 to do mine until I decided I could put the $20 to better use.

Take the fear out of doing taxes by providing a how-to lens on doing a basic tax return. It is a perfect time to make a lens because you have to file your return anyway so it will all be fresh in your mind.

Modules to include:

• A text box with big image for each major section of the tax form.
• A black box module with a link to download tax papers from government website (and a hint to print out more than one copy).
• Poll: What is the most you have paid for someone else to do your taxes.
• Text list module of tips or the top ten reasons why we should all do our own tax returns.
• Guestbook to ask people if they are going to do it themselves this year.