Paying Taxes
Post date: Oct 22, 2018 5:17:25 PM
Monday 10/29 - What are taxes? Why do we have to pay them? How much are they? What do tax dollars pay for? (7-10 sentences)
"Taxes Day #1" Student Activity Packet 2.1-> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dSfmbcaUlN8miqv1OFxwdhh84rE4jWFpEqS2ewXLzMo/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday 10/30 - Write everything you learned yesterday about taxes (or getting a job, or budgeting, if you didn't learn anything new about taxes) 7-10 sentences
"Taxes Day #2" Student Activity Packet 2.3-> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KJrf2kggM0Se75goMWBAMsj8ykuly_TWGZJ6zjdFf2Q/edit?usp=sharing
Wednesday 10/31 - Are you filing your taxes this year? If so, describe your process that you're going through. If not, give 7-10 sentences of advice that you would give to a private business owner that is filing her taxes.
Lab - Foolproof #12 “Tax Me Please”
Thursday 11/1 - Journal questions...
1)What is the difference between a W-2, a W-4 and a W-9?
2)Do people who have jobs pay different taxes than
people who own their own businesses? If it's different,
how is it different?
3) Does everyone get a tax refund at the end of the
year? Why or why not?
Friday 11/2 - Thinking back to yesterday's "taxes review stations," what are 5 specific things that will be good to know for today's quiz?
"Taxes" Quiz
Period 4 Quiz -> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1utBckX1oO5g7rzdzlpFPied8L5YTd5Km9OFt9FmHADM/edit
Period 5 Quiz -> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18qyNeRj6oXZEsKoQ8tQvy9XbdFGNO6_mdAhxo-SmxUM/edit
Assignment - Filling out a 1040EZ ->https://docs.google.com/document/d/1paWyY25NOc4biC5_EdqaYm2g9b_hla67_GQzz8V2i6E/edit
2 minute video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH-umvos9WM
14 minute video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYobSqd3DUQ
Filing if you’re a dependent -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_6SNKid8KE
Assignment - Tax Rates and Tax Brackets
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CqF8JneHokdBcTDgLfAFAgoQyNnOXibBQAHT8HQ5QLU/edit
Extra credit assignment (mandatory if you've finished all your work) -> Foolproof Activity 3 "What job is right for you?"
Create a 5-slide google presentation (focusing on the 5 topics above) and share it with jcotter@assabet.org