High school students and parents alike are familiar with Advanced Placement courses.  They're advertised as a way to get a head start with college, all while saving money and adding a more rigorous workload to students' schedules. 

The problem is that these tests are nearly $100.

The College Board, the organization that currently offers all the AP tests each May, is classified by the IRS as a non-profit organization.  For this reason, they get tax breaks under the guise of being a sort of charitable organization that does not make a profit. 

This is blatantly wrong.  At $92 bucks a pop, these AP tests, combined with the other test that the College Board offers such as the ACT, earned this alleged non-profit company $660 million in 2011, with numbers being far greater at this point in time due to fee increases.  Profit margins are high because it is highly doubtful that all of theses tests cost anywhere near $660 million to create and distribute.

It is painfully clear that the College Board has a large profit margin.

Some instances are described in which low-income families have refused to pay for these tests because of their hefty price tags.  In such cases, some wonderful educators have stepped up to pay out-of-pocket so that their students have the opportunity to take the test and potentially earn credit in their future college careers that will already costs them likely thousands and thousands of dollars.

This isn't how it has to be, and it certainly isn't how it should be.

This petition is to the head of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, to initiate a look into the College Board's "non-profit" activities and to reconsider its status.

All American small businesses pay their fair share in taxes because they make a profit.  So why shouldn't fair taxes be imposed on the College Board?

Please consider signing this petition to help make a change and give justice to parents and students across the United States.