Curated OER
Proportional Taxes
Students are able to define and give an example of a proportional tax and the impact that it can have on different income groups and explain how a proportional tax takes the same percentage from all tax groups.
Internal Revenue Service
Fairness in Taxes: How Taxes Affect Us
High schoolers 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...