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Unit Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Assessment

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will help students understand the withholding of payroll and income taxes from pay.
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Lesson Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan will help students understand the withholding of payroll and income taxes from pay.
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Website
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Social Security Library

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cornell Law Library provides an exhaustive resource on "the set of programs popularly referred to as Social Security." Read about the Act and its amendments, court decisions, applications, and more.
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Handout
Social Security Administration

Ssa: Social Security & Medicare Tax Rates

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a table that shows the social security tax rate and base for both employed and self-employed individuals for every year since the social security tax was put in effect.
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Social Security Law: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
The Legal Information Institute of the Cornell Law School offers a brief summary of Social Security history and practice. For their entire, very extensive Social Security resource, click on "LLI's Social Security Library" at the bottom...