CurriculumTaxes
Taxes
What taxes actually pay for, how the major kinds work, and how to file with confidence.
- The Main Types of Taxes The major categories of tax beyond income tax, and what each one is actually taxing. 📄 Read-aloud
- Filing Your Taxes: The Basics What actually happens when you file a tax return, and the documents and deadlines that matter. 📄 Read-aloud
- Tax Deductions and Credits The real difference between a deduction and a credit, and why that difference matters far more than it sounds. 📄 Read-aloud
- Taxes: Checkpoint 1 Covers the main types of taxes, filing a return, and deductions versus credits. 5 questions
- Sales Tax and VAT How consumption taxes work, and the real difference between a sales tax and a value-added tax. 📄 Read-aloud
- What Taxes Actually Pay For The economic reason public goods need to be funded through taxes at all, rather than sold like anything else. 📄 Read-aloud
- Tax Fairness: Progressive, Regressive, and the Ongoing Debate The actual definitions behind 'progressive' and 'regressive' taxes, and the real tradeoffs debated in tax policy. 📄 Read-aloud
- Taxes: Checkpoint 2 Covers sales tax and VAT, what taxes fund, and the debate over tax fairness. 5 questions