Do I benefit from taxes? How?
Purpose:
Students should understand ways in which taxes help improve the lives of children and those who care for them.
Objectives:
This is an autonomous on-line learning lesson. It is structured as follows:
-The direct impact taxes have on children’s lives
-How taxes help children
-Money collected from taxes benefit everyone
-The consequences of not paying taxes
-Tax evasion
-Imagine a tax-less world
-Conclusion
Teachers can use this lesson in its entirety or select specific parts, as they see fit. The estimated time for attending the entire lesson and the proposed complementary activities is 30 minutes.
The content of this training course:
- is of general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity;
- does not provide professional or legal advice;
- is valid as of the date of its publication. Updated VAT rates can be consulted on EUROPA.
Only European Union legislation published in the Official Journal of the European Union is deemed authentic.
Materials:
Micro-clip “Do I benefit from taxes? How?”
Interactive whiteboard (or just an LCD projector)
Vocabulary:
taxes, tax evasion, taxpayers