Introduction to Personal and Corporate Taxes Course

There is an old saying that the two certainties in life are death and taxes. In this free online course aspects of personal taxation and corporate taxation are reviewed with an emphasis on the US taxation system. In this course you will learn how to calculate tax rates on personal income and what the difference between tax deductions and tax credits is. You will also learn about estate tax and how it is calculated and how to calculate both federal and state taxes. You will also learn how the taxation system affects limited liability corporations. This course will be of great interest to all learners who would like more information about how the taxation system can affect both the private individual and corporations and businesses.

CERTIFICATION
To qualify for your official ALISON Diploma, Certificate or PDF you must study and complete all modules and score 80% or more in each of the course assessments. A link to purchase your Diploma certificate will then appear under the My Certificates heading of your My Account page.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
Having completed this course the learner will be able to:

- Describe the basics of US income tax rate schedule.
- Describe the alternative minimum tax.
- Describe the basics of estate tax.
- Calculate federal taxes.
- Calculate state taxes.
- Describe limited liability as applied to corporations.