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[-] Skrewzem@kbin.social 29 points 11 months ago

Ok, but like, what's there ro teach specifically? If you know math it takes just a while to crank the numbers

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

How tax brackets work, for one. I've seen so many bad takes from people who clearly don't understand them.

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago

I've heard more people get tax brackets wrong than right, it's insane.

[-] neptune@dmv.social 9 points 11 months ago

A home econ class or hell even a math class could assign everyone some facts about their fictional situation (like a w2, number of kids, house payments, donations, etc) and then have everyone do their taxes for the year.

You'd teach the process. And spend some time looking at the tax table. Learning about standard deduction, learn about turning your taxes in on time.....

[-] Batbro@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

I definitely did this in highschool

[-] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

What kind of taxes are there? When do you pay taxes (after what activity)? Who do you pay them to?

Not just math (which is often just a %, or brackets) to calculate taxes, the entire process.

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