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Tax intro vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Taxes | fees that the government requires people to pay in order to live and work in their state and the USA |
| Taxpayer | a person who pays taxes to federal, state, county, city, and/or town governments |
| Community | a group of people working together for a common good |
| What does our state tax pay for? | a public library |
| Income tax | a tax that a person pays on his or her earned income and unearned income |
| Earned income | money earned from working such as wages and salaries |
| Unearned income | money earned from sources other than working such as interest earned and social security |
| IRS (Internal Revenue Service) | responsible for collecting taxes for the US government |
| NC Department of Revenue | responsible for collecting taxes for the state of NC |
| What does our federal tax pay for? | the monuments in Washington, DC |