Taxes

1. Describe Factors Affecting
Take-Home Pay Such as Tax
Withholdings, Benefits, and
Plan Payroll Deductions
Education, Careers, and Income

2. Essential Questions

3. How Do Your Tax Dollars Get Spent?

6. Follow Up
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7. If Paychecks Could Talk

8. If Paychecks Could Talk
● What does FICA consist of?
○ Health Insurance
○ Social Security & Medicare
○ Federal & State Taxes
○ Employer Sponsored Retirement
● What are 2 examples of discretionary spending?
○ Social Security
○ Education
○ Military
○ Medicare
● All of the following options are benefits we receive as a result of government spending EXCEPT…
○ Air quality
○ Credit card debt forgiveness
○ Public school education
○ National Parks maintenance
●

9. Enter your federal income taxes paid for the previous
year into the calculator. If you didn’t pay federal income
taxes, enter $6,388 (taxes paid for a salary of $68,703 -
the median salary of a U.S. household). Then answer the
following questions.
What’s one category you wish fewer taxes were spent
on? Why?
What’s one category you wish more taxes were spent
on? Why?
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10. What is the difference between gross pay and net pay?
1. Gross pay is before taxes and deductions are subtracted; Net pay is your take-home pay.
2. Net pay is before taxes and deductions are subtracted; Gross pay is your take-home pay.
3. There is no difference between gross and net pay.
What are Pre-Tax Deductions and Contributions?
1. Contributions taken out of your paycheck BEFORE taxes are calculated on your income
2. Contributions taken out of your paycheck AFTER taxes are calculated on your income
What are two examples of Employer Contributions?
1. 401k & Roth IRA
2. Traditional & Roth IRA
3. Federal & State Taxes
4. Health Insurance & 401k
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11. Reading A Pay Stub
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12. $960.00
$59.52
$13.92
$205.44
$754.56

13. $5000.00
$310.00
$72.50
$1254.50
$3745.50

14. Pay Stub Schoology
Taxes and
Your Pay Stub
Pay Stub

15. Exit Ticket
• In your own words, explain why we pay taxes.
• Identify and explain two deductions you will see on
your pay stub.
• Distinguish between net pay and gross pay.