Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Preparing for Tax Day
This unit is to expose students to different types of earnings, determine gross earning, calculate payroll deductions, and net pay. This project will have students journalize payment of payroll, employer payroll taxes, and payment of...
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service (Irs)
The Internal Revenue Service is the nation's tax collection agency. Explore this site to find tax statistics, recent news, and specific tax information for individuals, businesses, charities, and nonprofits.
Wolters Kluwer
Business Owner's Toolkit: Determing Which Payroll Taxes Apply to Your Employees
This resource contains pertinent information regarding withholding exemptions for employees and how the tax is withheld. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
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US Government Publishing Office
U.s. Government Publishing Office: Constitution of the United States of America: 16th Amendment Income Tax [Pdf]
Read this text of the 16th Amendment, followed by the history of the Amendment and an analysis. (PDF)
Internal Revenue Service
Understanding Taxes: The Social Security Act of 1935
This very complete lesson plan explains the history of the Social Security Act of 1935, its history and importance to the elderly during the Great Depression, and its importance today. Everything necessary to teach the lesson plan and...
US Senate
Joint Economic Committee
The Joint Economic Committee, composed of memebers from both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, reviews economic conditions and recommends improvements in economic policy. The content of the website includes...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Your Paycheck
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.
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Hundreds of questions about taxes are answered here. FAQs are sorted by category, subcategory, and keyword.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Methods of Filing Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand the methods of filing tax returns and the advantages of preparing and transmitting tax returns electronically.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Economics Usa: Control the u.s. Debt!
Learn about the different types of expenses that the U.S. budget must pay for and try your hand at balancing the federal budget.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: 1040 Ez [Pdf]
This site provides help with as well as an explanation of the IRS tax form, 1040EZ.
Other
Ss Bulletin: Constitutional Background to the Social Security Act of 1935 [Pdf]
A very interesting discussion of the potential problems that plagued the implementation of the Social Security Act. Read about the cases brought before the Supreme Court which gave Congress the constitutional ability to tax and spend for...
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: United States v. Butler (1936)
This U.S. Supreme Court case declared the first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of the New Deal illegal because of the issue of Federalism. This resource provides an abstract containing a concise summary, a link to the full text of the...
Other
Metrocosm: The History of u.s. Government Spending, Revenue, and Debt
The amount of national debt is a hot button issue today. Compare our current national budget to years past to see when our country was in our deepest debt. By analyzing the following charts, students will see the evolution of U.S....
Other
Amos Web: A Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy
Exploring the economy can be a fun adventure with the Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy. Use this site to find your answers to economic topics in a user-friendly format with comic strip guides.
Digital History
Digital History: Reaganomics
This on "Reaganomics," President Reagan's economic policy during his two presidential terms in the 1980s, discusses his laissez-faire approach and tax-cutting, which contributed to the economic recovery of that period.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch.16: Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy: Taxation
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Differentiate between a regressive tax, a proportional tax, and a progressive tax and Identify the major sources of revenue for the U.S. federal budget.
Other
Nathan Newman: National Budget Simulation
This online simulation should give you a better feel of the trade-offs which policy makers need to make in creating federal budgets and dealing with deficits. The simulation comes in a short and long version and allows learners to see...
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Annotation 1: Sixteenth Amendment
This article provides the background of the 16th Amendment, which established a federal income tax.
Independence Hall Association
American Government: Financing State and Local Government
Taxes are collected by federal, state, and local governments to pay for a wide variety of services. This article helps students understand where their tax money goes.
Digital History
Digital History: Compromises
Compromise was the name of the game when writing the Constitution. See how taxation, elections, and the power of the federal government were enshrined in the document. Marvel at the ideas that were rejected.
Other
Litigator's Internet Resource Guide: The Rules of Court
A database of the rules, forms, and dockets for both the state and federal court systems.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: u.s. Military Defeat: Indian Victory in the West
Read about the Whiskey Rebellion and what caused farmers to protest to the point of rebellion. Understand why a federal military response was such a grave decision.