Taxes & Public Services
Life Skills · Money & Finance · conceptual
What taxes are and why people pay them; how taxes fund schools, hospitals, roads, and emergency services; that governments decide how to spend tax money
What mastery looks like
- Explain what tax is and that most working adults pay it
- Name at least three things that taxes pay for (schools, hospitals, roads, police, fire service)
- Describe why taxes are needed (everyone chips in so everyone benefits)
Check your understanding
Could Taxes & Public Services explain where the money comes from to pay for things like schools and hospitals that everyone uses?
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