Unit Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding

For Students 9th - 10th
Employers withhold taxes from employees' pay. Gross pay is the amount the employee earns. Net pay, or take-home pay, is the amount the employee receives after deductions.
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Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Assessment

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Income Taxes: Who Pays and How Much? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson unit that teaches students all about income tax: what it is, why we have it, how taxes are structured, factors that affect one's tax bracket, and what would happen if the tax structure were changed.
Lesson Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will help students understand the withholding of payroll and income taxes from pay.
Unit Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Irs: Module 1: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding

For Students 9th - 10th
A tax tutorial that will cover payroll taxes, income tax withholding from employees' pay, and how to complete form W-4.
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Tax Day (April 15, 1913)

For Students 3rd - 8th
How did this day come to be the national day for taxes being due? What is it for? To find out the answers to these and other questions, visit this site from the Library of Congress.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: Knights of Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
An article regarding the Knights of Labor and their struggle for the eight-hour day, abolition of child labor, equal pay for equal work, and political reforms including the graduated income tax.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Federal Taxation

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline documenting the history of federal taxation in the United States.