Curated OER
Demography and Services of Fairfax County, Virginia
Twelfth graders are introduced to the demographics and services of Fairfax County, Virginia. In groups, they identify programs and services that should be supported by tax dollars and presnt them to the class in a PowerPoint presentation.
Humanities Texas
Primary Source Worksheet: Tip O'Neill, "Epilogue: What I Believe" from Man of the House
The epilogue to former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill's memoir provides readers with an opportunity to practice their informational text reading comprehension skills.
Curated OER
Making Money
Students consider career options. In this career planning lesson plan, students practice job interviewing skills, examine payroll checks and discuss employee benefits.
Curated OER
Expensive Choices
Eighth graders work in pairs to discover how to prioritize expenses in a budget.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Online Services and Tax Information for Individuals
In a conversational tone, the IRS answers many of the questions an individual would have when filing income tax returns for the first time. Many features are helpful even to experienced taxpayers, e.g., an IRS withholding calculator, a...
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 13: Electronic Tax Return Preparation and Transmission
This tutorial explores e-filing your income taxes.
Bankrate
Bankrate.com: Taxes
This site explores the basics of taxes including finding your tax bracket, income tax calculator, earned income tax, state taxes, states with no income tax, and capital gains.
Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: What Are Your Self Employment Taxes?
CCH Business Owner's Toolkit answers questions about self-employment taxes because "even if you don't hire anyone else to help you run your business, you're always going to have at least one employee, and that would be yourself."
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 5: Filing Status
This module reviews over the filling statuses that taxpayers may list when filling their taxes.
ProProfs
Pro Profs: Do You Know Where Your Taxes Are Going?
On April 15, millions of Americans file their income taxes. Find out where your federal income taxes go. Note: This quiz looks only at federal income taxes, not payroll taxes.
Other
Uncle Fed's Taxes: Tax Topic 401, Wages and Salaries
This site from Uncle Fed's Tax board explains withholding tax from wages and salaries. Mentions various forms that are used when filing taxes.
Bankrate
Bankrate: Tax Basics, Choosing the Correct Form
Description of the 3 forms, 1040EZ. 1040A and 1040. Explains who should use each form when filing taxes and why.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Your Guide to Key Tax Terms by Better Money Habits
Knowing tax vocabulary can make filling out the paperwork less intimidating when it's time to file. This content is brought to you by our partner, Better Money Habits.