Thursday, December 17, 2015

Tuesday/Wednesday December 15-16


14.2 Questions
  1. Why do employers withhold a set amount of your income?
  2. What is taxable income?
  3. What does Social Security provide?
  4. What is Medicare?
  5. What items are taxed for the purpose of changing behavior?
  6. Explain pay-as-you-earn taxation.
  7. What is the purpose of FICA?
  8. Describe withholding and explain how it would affect someone with a part-time job.
  9. How much of the federal government’s income comes from individual income tax?
10. What is the difference between an estate tax and a gift tax?

Where your tax dollars go pie chart
Make your own pie chart on where you would like to see tax dollars spent.  The example is the US division of income taxes in 2014

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