Free Income Tax Photos and Images

There are two things guaranteed in life, death and taxes. And because of this, income tax articles are a very popular online search starting around the first of every year. Filing U.S. federal income tax returns can be simple if your finances are not complex, but if you itemize deductions, own a business, or have a home office, taxes can become complicated very quickly.

Income tax is honestly a very dry topic that most people (sans tax accountants) do not enjoy discussing. But nevertheless, every year millions of people turn to the internet to find answers to their tax questions. Our collection of income tax images are available to spice up boring tax topics with a little bit of visual happiness.

We selected a handful of free income tax images from our collection and offer them below for bloggers and writers to use on both personal and commercial use sites. If we accomplish one thing in life, hopefully it will be adding a splash of color to otherwise bland tax articles.

Enjoy the images!

Colorful income tax folders

Colorful income tax folders
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If we could all be as organized as the colorful folders in this photo, tax time would be much more enjoyable. The eye-catching rainbow-colored tax category folders and camera lens depth-of-field blur make this image one of our top picks.

Keywords: tax folders, manila folders, tax categories, filing

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Start of a tax return

Start of a tax return
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The first step in filing a tax return is writing your name and this image captures the moment when the pen hits the paper.

Keywords: tax form, tax form fields, close up photo

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File taxes torn piece of paper

File taxes torn piece of paper
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This simple concept image of a torn piece of paper with the words 'File Taxes' printed on it would be an excellent article illustration for about any income tax topic. The soft vignette, shadow, and depth-of-field give it a nice dimension.

Keywords: file taxes, income tax concept image, torn paper

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Navigating a 1040 form

Navigating a 1040 form
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This image of a navigational compass on an IRS 1040 tax form illustrates the concept of tax advice, answers to tax questions, or tax help.

Keywords: tax help, income tax instructions, IRS 1040 instructions

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Income taxes due reminder

Income taxes due reminder
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Using our colorful tax category manila folders, we arranged a different scene and added a sticky note as a reminder that taxes are due.

Keywords: taxes due reminder, income tax due date

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It’s tax time!

It's tax time!
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Who doesn't need a little reminder that taxes are due, especially if you tend to wait until the last minute to file. This old-style alarm clock with a sticky note reminder is the perfect income tax concept photo to illustrate any tax article.

Keywords: tax time, taxes due, time to file income taxes

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Tax Scrabble letters

Tax Scrabble letters
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Do we have to spell it out for you? This image of an IRS 1040 form with Scrabble letters spelling TAX is the perfect photo to illustrate virtually any income tax topic.

Keywords: tax, income tax, Scrabble tax

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Tax prep desktop

Tax prep desktop
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Essential to filing a tax return is a calculator and a lot of coffee. This scene shows an April 15th daily calendar, a cup of java, and a calculator on an IRS form 1040 on a rugged wood background

Keywords: tax desk, tax prep, tax desk scene

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Tax time frustration

Tax time frustration
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This image sums up most people's frustration having to navigate through a complex tax return, and consists of a broken pencil on a 1040 tax form with a nice depth-of-field blur.

Keywords: tax frustration, tax anger, income tax rage

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Online filing tax refund

Online filing tax refund
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This photo of a laptop keyboard with a 'tax refund' key illustrates online filing or e-filing in anticipation of a tax refund.

Keywords: tax refund, online tax filing, e-file

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Tax return signature

Tax return signature
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There is a sense of relief after putting your John Hancock on the tax return signature line. This image captures the final stroke of a pen prior to submitting a tax return.

Keywords: signature, tax form signature, sign tax form, close up photo

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Free for personal or commercial use with attribution link to this page, to QuoteInspector.com, or to the free income tax images collection.

That wraps up some of our best free income tax photos and we hope you found something that will work on your site. Just a reminder that images do require attribution, so please throw a link back to us from the pages you use the images so readers can find our galleries.

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