Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Understanding Jobs, Teens, and Taxes
Students review Internal Revenue Service webpages and respond to questions to explore the relationship between working and taxes.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Understanding Taxes and Your Paycheck
Young scholars analyze statements about taxes to better understand how taxes affect people's paychecks.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Income Taxes: Who Pays and How Much? [Pdf]
A lesson unit that teaches students all about income tax: what it is, why we have it, how taxes are structured, factors that affect one's tax bracket, and what would happen if the tax structure were changed.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Preparing a 1040 Ez Income Tax Form
Many students in high school or in college have part time jobs and learn the concept of gross pay and net pay. Their employers take out taxes at the federal and state level. This activity takes a common situation and helps students...
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Evolution of Taxation in the Constitution Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will give students an overview of the role and purpose of taxes in American history.
Other
Treasury Direct: Money Math: Lessons for Life: Math and Taxes:a Pair to Count On
Students have the opportunity to see how the money they earn is dependent, to a great extent, on the education they gain, by examining occupations and salaries. They then will use pay stubs and tax tables to learn what happens to the...
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Lesson Plan [Pdf]
This lesson plan will help students understand the withholding of payroll and income taxes from pay.
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.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Module 1: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding
A tax tutorial that will cover payroll taxes, income tax withholding from employees' pay, and how to complete form W-4.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: The High Cost of High School Dropouts: What the Nation Pays
The social and economic implications of America's high dropout rate are staggering. In addition to the waste of human potential, the costs of dropouts include lower tax revenues from lower paying jobs, higher crime rates, higher demand...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Your Paycheck
When you work your employer pays you for doing your job with a paycheck. Learn how to cash it and the difference between gross pay and take-home pay.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Gross Pay Calculator
Calculate gross pay, before taxes, based on hours worked and rate of pay per hour including overtime.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Kendall's Vase Tax
Students use percentage and addition to answer this real-world math performance task: Kendall bought a vase that was priced at $450. In addition, she had to pay 3% sales tax. How much did she pay for the vase?
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Hundreds of questions about taxes are answered here. FAQs are sorted by category, subcategory, and keyword.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: How to Measure Fairness Lesson Plans
This lesson plan will help students understand that people have difficulty agreeing on a fair tax because of different values and priorities.
Curated OER
Vat Theories Progressive or Regressive Who Pays What?
Explains progressive, regressive, and proportional taxes and applies them to the value added tax (VAT).
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Your First Job Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand that they are responsible for paying income taxes through withholding as they earn income and that it is important that they keep accurate records of their earnings and expenses.
Other
Iris: Hrm: How to Read Your Payroll Advice and Yearly W 2 Earnings Statement
This site provides an example of pay stub and explains each entry; it also explains a W-2 statement.
Other
World Bank: Doing Business: Argentina
This page provides a snapshot of Argentina's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business,...
Other
World Bank: Doing Business: Bangladesh
This page provides a snapshot of Bangladesh's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business,...
Other
World Bank: Doing Business: Chile
This page provides a snapshot of Chile's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business, getting...
Other
World Bank: Doing Business: Ecuador
This page provides a snapshot of Ecuador's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business, getting...
Other
World Bank: Doing Business: Ecuador
This page provides a snapshot of Ecuador's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business, getting...
Other
World Bank: Doing Business: Bolivia
This page provides a snapshot of Bolivia's ranking on the ease of doing business and on each of the ten topics that comprise the overall ranking. Data is also provided for the multiple economic topics such as starting a business, getting...