C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About Gas Tax
Students use multi-media materials to learn about tax on gas and then participate in classroom deliberations about whether or not the government should raise tax on gas to fund federal highway projects. Includes lesson plans and all...
Other
Save Wealth: A Guide to Reducing Taxes
Financial and Investment Education website provides ways to reduce taxes. Great Site developed to educate clients on wealth preservation strategies.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Gas and Diesel Taxes
Students will evaluate whether federal tax on gas and diesel fuels should stay the same or increase based on data researched and write persuasive letters to their local papers and legislators urging them to take their stance.
Other
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.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Direct and Indirect Taxes Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand that a tax levied on one person or group may ultimately be paid by others.
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.
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...
Wolters Kluwer
Business Owner's Toolkit: S and C Corporations Create Different Tax Consequences
This site gives a basic overview of what a corporation is, and then discusses tax implications for both S and C corporations.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: You Can Bank on This! (Part 2)
As in the first ', You Can BANK on This, you will learn that banking should not be confusing - it should be INTERESTING! Lesson Two will continue learning with Zing, but this time we will learn all about budgeting - and budgeting means...
Other
Uncle Fed's Tax*board
Uncle Fed's Tax*Board is a good resource for tax information. On the site, you will find various tax forms, up-to-date tax news, tax help and guidelines, and online resources.
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...
Social Security Administration
Social Security: Withholding Income Tax From Your Social Security Benefits
The site gives information on the option of having federal taxes withheld from Social Security benefits.
Other
Tax history.com Federal Income Tax History
TaxHistory.com provides a detailed look at the development and history of the federal income tax. Content addresses the roots of the federal income tax with the 1894 Income Tax Act, the reasoning behind the 16th amendment, the two uses...
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding
Payroll taxes include the Social Security tax and the Medicare tax. Social Security taxes provide benefits for retired workers, the disabled, and the dependents of both. The Medicare tax is used to provide medical benefits for certain...
Internal Revenue Service
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.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Online Services and Tax Information for Individuals
In a conversational tone, the IRS answers many of the questions an individual would have when filing income tax returns for the first time. Many features are helpful even to experienced taxpayers, e.g., an IRS withholding calculator, a...
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Assessment
Answer the following multiple-choice and true/false questions about payroll taxes and federal income tax withholding by clicking on the correct answers. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
Internal Revenue Service
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.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: How Taxes Evolve? Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help learners understand that the legislative process of enacting federal income tax laws involves formal procedures based on the Constitution and informal procedures that blend and balance various interests.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: How Taxes Affect Us Lesson Plans
This lesson plan will help students understand that taxes can have different effects on different income groups.
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.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Progressive Taxes Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand that progressive taxes can have different effects on different income groups.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Regressive Taxes Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand that regressive taxes can have different effects on different income groups.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Tax Tutorial: Module 7: Standard Deduction
Learn about the standard deduction a single person may take on their income taxes with this tutorial.