税金申告 Tax Return

アメリカでは２月から４月の間に、自分で税金申告をしないといけません。今までは主人に任せていたので、税金のことなんて何も知りませんでした。でもこれではいけないと思い、先週２週間で６日間のセミナーに参加。分厚い教科書と宿題、そしてテスト。４５歳を過ぎたこの頭で新しいことを学ぶのはそれは大変でした。しかも英語で、そしてアメリカの税金申告は複雑！途中であきらめようと思いましたが、それも悔しいと思い、珍しくちょ〜真剣に勉強に励み、テストにパス。来月からいよいよ実践が始まります。
In US, people must file their own tax returns by mid. April.  My husband has been doing that for us and I had no idea about income tax.   I realized this is not good, so I attended a 6-day seminar during the last two weeks.  I received a thick textbook, workbook, and test book.  It was very challenging to learn new things at my age with the hard-to-retain-anything kind of brain in English.  It was so complicated!!  I nearly quit at some point, but I didn't want to give up!!!  I studied hard, really hard (O_O) and I passed all the test in the end.  (^_^)  YEAH!  My volunteer job as a tax preparer will start next month.
This, Pub 17 has all you need to know about filing tax.