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The Hows of Taxes

The Hows of Taxes Tour Module 1: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Module 2: Wage and Tip Income Module 3: Interest Income Module 4: Dependents Module 5: Filing Status Module 6: Exemptions Module 7: Standard Deduction Module 8: Claiming Child Tax Credit and Additional Child Tax Credit Module 9: Tax Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses Module 10: Education Credits Module 11: Earned Income Credit Module 12: Refund, Amount Due, and Record Keeping Module 13: Electronic Tax Return Preparation and Transmission Module 14: Self-Employment Income and the Self-Employment Tax

The Whys of Taxes

The Whys of Taxes Tour

Theme 1: Your Role as a Taxpayer Lesson 1: Why Pay Taxes? Lesson 2: How Taxes Evolve Lesson 3: The Taxpayers Responsibilities Lesson 4: The Taxpayers Rights

Theme 2: Taxes in U.S. History Lesson 1: Evolution of Taxation in the Constitution Lesson 2: Early Tax Issues Lesson 3: Income Tax Issues Lesson 4: The Social Security Act of 1935 Lesson 5: The Wealth Tax of 1935 and the Victory Tax of 1942 Lesson 6: Tax Reform in the 1960s and 1980s

Theme 3: Fairness in Taxes Lesson 1: How to Measure Fairness Lesson 2: Regressive Taxes Lesson 3: Progressive Taxes Lesson 4: Proportional Taxes Lesson 5: How Taxes Affect Us

Theme 4: What is Taxed and Why Lesson 1: Federal/State/Local Taxes Lesson 2: Taxes in a Market Economy Lesson 3: Income Tax Facts Lesson 4: Direct and Indirect Taxes

Theme 5: Impact of Taxes Lesson 1: How Taxes Influence Behavior Lesson 2: The Politics of Taxation

Theme 6: Understanding the IRS Lesson 1: The IRS Yesterday and Today Lesson 2: Your First Job Lesson 3: Methods of Filing

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