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Taxes

Grade 645 min

aligned to Leaving Cert Business

Learning Objective

I can explain what taxes are and why we pay them.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

5 min

Taxes 101 (Tax Basics 1/3)

MoneyCoach

Practice

14 min

7 questions • Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

“Imagine your town wants to build a new park. How could taxes help make this happen? What are taxes, and can you name one thing that taxes are used for? ”

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