- Understanding Taxes Block Feed: Programs 101-109
- 2 hours, 15 minutes
- 101. Income Tax and You
- Two teenagers learn the importance of complying with tax laws as well as the types of goods and services tax revenues provide.
- 102. Evolution of Our Federal Tax System
- A historical review of the key events that shaped the American federal tax system.
- 103. Making Federal Tax Laws
- Teenagers working part-time become concerned when they learn that their employer is worried about changes in the federal tax laws.
- 104. Taxes Raise Revenue
- A mother and daughter learn that taxes raise revenue for public goods and services that benefit them at the local level.
- 105. Taxes: Can They Be Shifted?
- A college freshman learns about indirect taxes when his landlord passes on a property tax increase to him in the form of a rent increase.
- 106. Taxes Influence Behavior
- A father and daughter learn how import taxes, sales taxes, employment taxes, and tax credits influence their business.
- 107. Taxes Involve Conflicting Goals
- Three young adults lose their jobs as the result of a tax cut.
- 108. Taxes Affect Different Income Groups
- Demonstrates that taxes in the United States are a combination of regressive, progressive, and flat taxes.
- 109. Taxes: What Is Fair?
- Illustrates the two criteria of tax fairness: benefits received and ability to pay.
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