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This Adam Sandler character enters a golf tournament to save his grandma's home from foreclosure due to a large IRS debt.
Who is Happy Gilmore?
President Lincoln signed the first income tax law in 1862 (repealed in 1872) to fund this war.
What is the civil war?
Eligible educators can deduct up to this amount for classroom supplies they purchased out-of-pocket.
What is $300?
The letters IRS stand for this.
What is Internal Revenue Service?
This famous scientist claimed "The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax".
Who is Albert Einstein?
This ancient civilization revered the tax professional as the most noble man in society.
What is Greece?
Low-to-moderate-income workers contributing to retirement accounts (401(k), IRA) can receive this non-refundable credit.
Money from working for pay.
Tom Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, a tax lawyer working for a law firm that hides money for the Mafia in this 1993 film.
What is The Firm?
This famous gangster was brought down by tax evasion in 1931, not Prohibition crimes.
Who is Al Capone?
The married filing jointly standard deduction for the 2025 tax season.
What is $31,500?
The average American taxpayer spends approximately this many hours on record-keeping and tax filing
What is 11 hours?
Disney produced a short film called "The New Spirit" featuring this character to educate Americans on paying income tax to support the World War II effort.
Who is Donald Duck?
In 1987, 7 million children "disappeared" from tax returns when the IRS first required this for dependents.
What is a social security number?
This credit can reduce your tax bill below zero, resulting in a refund check.
What is a refundable credit (e.g., Earned Income Tax Credit)?
The first instruction manual for Form 1040 in 1913 was this long.
What is one page?
This famous musician put out an album titled “The IRS Tapes: Who Will Buy My Memories?” to help resolve a debt he owed the IRS.
Who is Willie Nelson?
A 2% income tax was enacted in 1894 but declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1895, leading to the need for this Constitutional Amendment.
What is the 16th amendment?
For the 2026 tax year (filed in 2027), taxpayers taking the standard deduction can still deduct up to $1,000 ($2,000 for joint) for this.
What are charitable contributions?
In this year April 15 became known as "Tax Day"
What is 1954?