Unit 9: Taxes I

USA

Tax accountants are paid to help file and minimize their client's liabilities. This includes income tax, capital gains tax, consumption tax, and property tax.

Did you know? The following activities can be customized as desired by the teacher or school pedagogue.

Basic activities (computer-graded)

Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

Reading Activity: Taxes: Part One

Students will be able to correctly answer true/false questions after reading and listening to topical short articles and dialogs featuring topical vocabulary.

In the 21st Century, the number of different taxes that we are obliged to pay has reached record levels which means as a society we are even less willing to pay them. As well as income tax we are exposed to many other taxes including corporation tax, capital gains tax, consumption tax and property taxes. All of this can be too much to handle for an SME so accountants are often used to try to… Continue

Multiple Choice Activity

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Listening Comprehension Activity

Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Spelling and Recognition

Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Advanced activities (optionally teacher-graded)

Speaking Practice Activity

Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

As John's taxable earnings for the year were under the lower level bracket he didn’t need to pay any tax.

The company received a $45,000 tax credit for investing in solar panels for the new property.

The payroll clerk uses a computerized PAYE system to submit all payroll records to the tax office.

The profits for this quarter more than offset the losses from last quarter, so we are making a profit for the year.

In most countries employees are obliged to pay national insurance.

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Writing Practice Activity

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.

Should more be done to stop tax avoidance?

How does the tax system in your country differ from those described in the article?

In your opinion, which is the better form of consumption tax; VAT or Sales tax? Why?

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