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Tax Foundation: State and Local Sales Tax Rates, 2021
This explanation of state and local sales taxes is accompanied by charts which show the state sales taxes in all the states in 2021, along with information about local sales tax rates.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Percent Discount and Sales Tax
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of percent discount and sales tax. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...
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Lease Guide: Sales Tax and Other Fees
This site provides information on the fees involved in leasing an automobile. The following terms are defined: First Payment, Security Deposit, Aquisition Fee, Disposition Fee, Sales Tax, Down Payment, Documentation Fee, Registration...
Bankrate
Bankrate: Sales Tax: Definition, How It Works, and How to Calculate It
Forty-five states and many local government impose sales taxes on most goods and some services. This article explains the difference between sales taxes and income taxes, and how sales taxes are levied.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Prices Involving Sales Tax Grade 8
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find retail prices given wholesale prices, markups and sales tax.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Prices Involving Sales Tax Grade 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the percentage of a total price in order to determine an amount of sales tax.
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State Taxes
This site provides tax information about each state in the United States simply by clicking on the name of the state. Links further down the page can be used to find specific state taxes, such as payroll and sales taxes.
Wolters Kluwer
Small Business Guide: Your Sales Tax Obligations
This site gives an overview of sales taxes. Links on the page provide additional information. Click on "What Are Sales Taxes" for an explanation of what kinds of sales are subject to sales taxes. There is also a link for sales tax...
Next Gen Personal Finance
Next Gen Personal Finance: Taxes Data Crunch
Data Crunches feature one chart or graph followed by five scaffolded questions to guide students through analyzing the data and drawing conclusions. These sets of data help students understand tax concepts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Prices Involving Sales Tax
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Have you ever had to calculate a tip in a restaurant? Figure out the amount with taxes and estimate appropriate tips.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Tax and Tip
This site provides a problem with completed solutions for that problem. This problem covers the topic of sales tax and tips. The problem aligns with 7.RP.A.3.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Amount of Sales Tax
Practice finding the sales tax with this interactive AAA Math lesson. You may submit your answer to see if you are correct.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Sales Tax Calculator
Calculate a simple single sales tax and a total based on the entered tax percentage.
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The Igen Blog: Ultimate Excise Tax Guide Definition, Examples, State vs. Federal
This is a fairly detailed explanation of state and federal excise taxes designed for the layperson, not for tax experts.
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
Irs: Proportional Taxes Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand that proportional taxes can have different effects on different income groups.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Calculating Sales Tax
Dr. Math is asked about calculating sales tax. A quick and easy to follow explanation of how it works using fractions, decimals, ratio, and percent.
Yale University
Solving Problems by the Hundreds
This site contains a study of percentage and its applications in the study of consumer related problems. Problems involving sales tax are included. Examples, explanation, solutions and a bibliography are also included in the site.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sales Tax
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students apply ratio, percent, and direct proportion in situations. Students solve problems involving percentages such as percent increase/decrease, tax, commission, and discount.
Next Gen Personal Finance
Next Gen Personal Finance: Taxes
Lessons and activities to teach students about federal taxes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Total Bill Including Tip and Tax
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students calculate total bills including tips and taxes. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Clean Land Thanks to Us! (Student Page)
How does the government raise money to fund government agencies like the EPA? Through taxes. This lesson looks at the different taxes that are paid by US citizens and how the money is used for things such as cleaning up the environment.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A sse.b: Taxes and Sales
This task is not about computing the final price of the shirt but about using the structure in the computation to make a general argument. Aligns with A-SSE.B.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Consumer Math
From basics such as adding and subtracting money, converting coins, and making change to more advanced topics such as sales tax and simple interest, this interactive tutorial offers help with consumer math issues.
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