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EconGuy Videos: the Laffer Curve

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Can the government actually increase tax revenues by cutting tax rates? A lot of politicians - and even some economists - seem to think so. The idea is that the tax cut will spur so much economic growth that tax revenues increase despite the lower rate. It's an idea known to economists as the Laffer Curve. But is that true? EconGuy looks at the numbers, and then at recent U.S. experience with tax cuts, tax increases, and revenues.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Patrick Walsh

It's Your Paycheck Curriculum Unit

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It's Your Paycheck! is designed for use in high school personal finance classes. The curriculum contains three sections: "Know Your Dough," "KaChing!" and "All About Credit." The lessons in each of these sections employ various teaching strategies to engage students so that they have opportunities to apply the concepts being taught. Each lesson includes black-line masters of the handouts and visuals needed to teach the lesson.

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan

Property Taxes

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This inquiry leads students through an investigation of property taxes in Nebraska. It focuses on the history, administration, and use of revenue from the taxes. Relief efforts both past and current will be analyzed with students formulating their own solutions. Resource created by Dan Gossman, Johnson-Brock Public Schools, as part of the Nebraska ESUCC Social Studies Special Projects 2023 - Inquiry Design Model (IDM).

Material Type: Unit of Study

Authors: Nebraska OER, ESU Coordinating Council

Students & Taxes - Internal Revenue Service

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Students have special tax situations and benefits. Understand how that affects you and your taxes. Get general information about how to file and pay taxes, including many free services, by visiting the Individuals page. If you're filing a tax return, you may need to include scholarships and grants as taxable income. Tax benefits for higher education, such as loan interest deductions, credits and tuition programs, may help lower the tax you owe.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Internal Revenue Service

Understanding Taxes - Student Site

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Whether you're "on assignment" or just browsing the Web, this set of 38 Understanding Taxes student lessons has something for everyone. Divided into two content areas — the Hows of Taxes and the Whys of Taxes — The Hows of Taxes shows you how to apply tax principles, while the Whys of Taxes explains tax history and theory.

Material Type: Lesson, Unit of Study

Author: Internal Revenue Service

Understanding Taxes - Teacher Site

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Does teaching about taxes seem as intimidating as completing your yearly tax forms? Don't worry! Understanding Taxes can be customized to fit your own personal teaching style. You have the freedom to choose which activities and methods of instruction work best to meet the needs of your students. Teaching taxes can take a traditional approach as students complete downloaded worksheets, classroom activities, and assessment pages. Or, students can complete work online and take part in interactive activities and simulations.

Material Type: Lesson, Unit of Study

Author: Internal Revenue Service

Lesson 28: Federal Income Tax

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This real-life descriptive modeling lesson (see page 61 of the CCLS or page 71 of the CCSS) is about using inequalities and graphs to understand the progressive federal tax system. Like the last lesson, this lesson again runs through the problem, formulate, compute, interpret, validate, report modeling cycle, but unlike the difficult modeling lesson on the Double and Add 5 game, more autonomy can be given to students in this lesson.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: NYS Math

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