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Grade 8 Taxes Basics Financial Literacy Worksheets

Grade 8 financial literacy practice: Taxes and what they pay for.

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  1. Taxes are money that people and businesses pay to:

    A bank only · The government

  2. The reason governments collect taxes is to:

    Provide services everyone shares · Avoid roads

  3. A receipt often shows the price plus the:

    Tax added · Your savings

  4. Understanding taxes helps you know why a price at the register can be:

    A little higher than the shelf price · Free

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  1. The government
    Taxes are payments to the government.
  2. Provide services everyone shares
    Taxes fund services communities share.
  3. Tax added
    Receipts list the item price and the tax.
  4. A little higher than the shelf price
    Sales tax makes the final price higher than the tag.

Practice focus

Taxes are money people and businesses pay to the government to fund shared public services — roads, schools, firefighters, parks, and libraries. Sales tax is added to many purchases, and income tax is paid on money people earn.

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Taxes are money people and businesses pay to the government to fund shared public services — roads, schools, firefighters, parks, and libraries. Sales tax is added to many purchases, and income tax is paid on money people earn. Generating the page again keeps the same learning goal while changing the questions, so a learner can revisit the skill without repeating the same items.

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Taxes and what they pay for in Grade 8

Grade 8 financial literacy practice: Taxes and what they pay for.

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