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Fairness in Taxes: How Taxes Affect Us
Students are able to compare the effects of the following, using income as a measure of ability to pay: a progressive tax, a regressive tas, and a proportional tax. They explain how a mixture of regressive and progressive taxes could...
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Module 1: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding
Students complete lessons and worksheet to identify the different types and uses of payroll taxes. They examine how federal income taxes are used, determine the difference between gross and net pay, and determine how employers withhold...
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Understanding the IRS: The IRS Yesterday and Today
Pupils explain why the Internal Revenue Service was instituted, how it functions, how it has changed over the years, and the ways it helps taxpayers today.
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Irs: 1040 Ez [Pdf]
This site provides help with as well as an explanation of the IRS tax form, 1040EZ.
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Irs: Understanding Taxes
The teacher companion to understanding taxes that includes a resource list, lesson plans, and educational standard. The lesson plans discuss how to explain tax theory, applications, and history in the classroom.
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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.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 2: Wage and Tip Income
Do you understand how your tip income is taxed? This tutorial will explore the taxation of wages, salaries, bonuses, and tips.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 3: Interest Income
Learn about interest income and what income is considered tax exempt in this module.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 4: Dependents
Understand how dependents are declared for taxes in this module.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 5: Filing Status
This module reviews over the filling statuses that taxpayers may list when filling their taxes.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 6: Exemptions
Learn the difference between a personal exemption and a dependency exemption in this tax tutorial.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 7: Standard Deduction
Learn about the standard deduction a single person may take on their income taxes with this tutorial.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Claiming Child Tax Credit and Additional Child Tax Credit
This tutorial will help you understand how a child tax credit is claimed on taxes.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 9: Tax Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses
Learn the requirements for claiming the child care tax credit in this tax tutorial.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 10: Education Credits
A learning module exploring how education credits can be applied to income taxes.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 11: Earned Income Credit
This tax module explores what the earned income credit is and how taxpayers qualify for the credit.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 12: Refund, Amount Due and Recordkeeping
Learn about how refunds are processed in a tax return with this module.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 14: Self Employment Income and Self Employment Tax
This tax tutorial focuses on when self-employment tax has to be paid as income tax.
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Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 13: Electronic Tax Return Preparation and Transmission
This tutorial explores e-filing your income taxes.
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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.
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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.
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Irs: Interest Income
This lesson plan will help learners understand that most interest income is taxable.
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Irs: Filing Status
This lesson plan will help students understand how filing status affects tax rates and how to choose the appropriate filing status for the taxpayer.
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Irs: Self Employment Income and the Self Employment Tax Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand self-employment income and the self-employment tax.