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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Federal Taxation I: Individuals, Employees, and Sole Proprietors by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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About the Course

This redesigned course is the first course in a four-course U.S. Federal Tax Specialization and reflects legislation from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in 2025. It covers and focuses on the U.S. federal tax system as it relates to individuals, employees, and sole proprietors. Key concepts covered include gross income and items that are statutorily included or excluded in it, personal and business expenses that qualify as tax deductions, and the differing tax treatments for employees versus self-employed taxpayers. Unlike many other introductory courses in tax and as part of this course’s comprehensive wrap-up, learners will be provided with practical and tangible experience reporting both income and expenses on the main individual tax return used in the US Form 1040....

Top reviews

JR

Nov 18, 2020

Great content and really learned a lot. Would have liked some more examples or formulas to use and print out to keep handy, especially in doing some of the AGI floors. but otherwise, great!

KR

Jan 2, 2020

Thank you so much for the information and session on US Tax Fed Tax . Its a great learning platform for everyone who opt the course through Coursera! Thanks again.

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By Nithin K

Jan 14, 2025

Nice

By Tamal B

Jul 29, 2024

good

By Philip D

Oct 10, 2019

good

By Jason C

Jun 15, 2020

If you look through the discussion forum, it is pointed out that there are inconsistencies between some quiz questions and the presented information. Further, I'd note the quizzes relies on a fair number of "gotcha" questions with difficult wording that really tested if you were paying attention to the question rather than your comprehension of the knowledge. Be prepared to use screenshots of problem solutions in the application lectures as they are not in the slides (unlike the prior two courses in the specialization).

By Roberta R

Jun 25, 2023

This course provided me with a very solid understanding of the subject and, as a result, I now feel I can attempt to file my own taxes - which is not what I would have done before taking this course. The instructors are brilliant and manage to convey somewhat convoluted rules in a clear succinct manner.

By Haifeng X

Mar 10, 2022

the most practial part comes in Week 8 where you apply what you have learnt into pracitce. However, previous parts are too long and sometimes distract me from concentrating on learning concepts. We could either cut some part or make videos shorter by extending sections 1.1-1.7 to 1.1-1.20.

By Jason R

Nov 19, 2020

Great content and really learned a lot. Would have liked some more examples or formulas to use and print out to keep handy, especially in doing some of the AGI floors. but otherwise, great!

By PUNEET

Jul 13, 2020

quite detailed and informative. it would be great if it was structured a bit better to avoid confusions between deductions for AGI and from in terms of BUSINESS and INDIVIDUAL

By Michelle K

Jan 18, 2020

Great overview of 1040 preparation. My primary purpose for taking the course was learning the details of, and computing the AMT. I am disappointed this was not covered.

By Kumar, R

Jan 2, 2020

Thank you so much for the information and session on US Tax Fed Tax . Its a great learning platform for everyone who opt the course through Coursera! Thanks again.

By Jane D

Mar 26, 2023

Videos could be better but knowledge appllied is terrific...I learned so much with the final project!

By tamer h

Oct 12, 2019

the course is very good and useful but needs more problems and questions to practice what we learned

By Sam K

Aug 29, 2018

The course is good introduction for US Federal Tax.

By ALKA S

Feb 10, 2025

nice

By MOHAN G V

Oct 20, 2024

good

By Donna S

Jun 18, 2021

OK but not current.

By Rustam T

Jan 18, 2026

cannot just watch the videos only...

By Shorouk S

May 19, 2025

so many quizzes no meaning for it

By Piyaa S

Oct 19, 2024

where is my certificate