From CNN.com:
Americans may like to talk about taxes but according to an annual survey by The Tax Institute at H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), most can't answer even the most basic tax questions correctly.
"Given the current economic climate -- and the need for taxpayers to claim every tax credit and deduction they're due -- the survey results are alarming," said Amy McAnarney, executive director of The Tax Institute at H&R Block. "The bottom line: Americans are failing Taxes 101."
The Tax Institute survey assessed the knowledge and opinions of a nationally representative sample of more than 1,000 U.S. adults, and found the majority doesn't know a credit from a deduction and, even more surprising, they aren't completely sure how much they even pay in taxes.