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Gusto: How to Read Your Pay Stub

For Students 9th - 10th
Take some time and go over a typical paycheck so you know exactly where your hard-earned dollars are going. This article explains how you should read your Gusto pay stub.
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Iris: Hrm: How to Read Your Payroll Advice and Yearly W 2 Earnings Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an example of pay stub and explains each entry; it also explains a W-2 statement.
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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Your Paycheck

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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PBS

Pbs: Where Does Your Paycheck Go?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using real copies of pay stubs, students will examine them to see where all the deductions go. An extensive teacher's guide can be downloaded - the lessons are also intended for other sections of this website.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Calculating the Numbers in Your Paycheck

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students review a pay stub from a sample paycheck to understand the real-world effect of taxes and deductions on the amount of money they take home.
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I Civics: Taxation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson teaches the basics of taxes: what they are, who pays them, what kinds exist, and what they're used for. Students learn how people's income is taxed, how much revenue taxes generate, and how taxes and government services are...
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Treasury Direct: Money Math: Lessons for Life: Math and Taxes:a Pair to Count On

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Budgets: Don't Go Broke

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using this flipchart, students will learn budgeting, reading a pay stub, understanding payroll deductions, PYF, and how to utilize a bank or credit union.

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