Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Completing a W 4
In May you will take on the role of Lawrence Red Owl in order to learn how to complete Form W-4.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding
Employers withhold taxes from employees' pay. Gross pay is the amount the employee earns. Net pay, or take-home pay, is the amount the employee receives after deductions.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Assessment
Answer the following multiple-choice and true/false questions about payroll taxes and federal income tax withholding by clicking on the correct answers. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Income Tax Facts
This lesson plan will help learners understand that taxation involves a compromise of conflicting goals and that people who have the same income may not pay the same amount in taxes.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Lesson Plan [Pdf]
This lesson will help students understand the withholding of payroll and income taxes from pay.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding
Payroll taxes include the Social Security tax and the Medicare tax. Social Security taxes provide benefits for retired workers, the disabled, and the dependents of both. The Medicare tax is used to provide medical benefits for certain...
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand the withholding of payroll and income taxes from pay.
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Entrepreneur: Taxing Matters
This Entrepreneur Magazine article provides "Everything you wanted to know about payroll taxes, and then some," and includes a good explanation of FICA (social security and medicare) withholding.