What are taxes?
This is money people pay to the government.
What are taxes?
Taxes help pay for this type of service like schools and roads.
What are government services?
This tax is taken from the money you earn.
What is income tax?
Tax money goes to these three levels of government.
What are federal, state, and local?
Taxes provide this important benefit to communities.
What are services?
Taxes are used to provide this for everyone.
What are services?
Taxes help communities do this.
What is run smoothly?
This tax is added when you buy something.
What is sales tax?
Taxes are considered this in a government budget.
What is revenue?
A downside of taxes is people have less of this.
What is money to spend?
Taxes help fund this group that runs the country.
What is the government?
Taxes help pay for this that protects our country.
What is the military?
This tax is paid on land or houses.
What is property tax?
When spending equals earnings, the budget is this.
Some people think taxes are too ______.
What is high?
Taxes are collected from people to help ______ run smoothly.
What are communities?
Police and fire departments are examples of this.
What are services taxes pay for?
This type of tax makes the price of an item increase.
What is sales tax?
When the government earns more than it spends.
What is a surplus
One benefit of taxes is they help the ______.
What is the economy?
This is the main purpose of taxes overall.
What is supporting the country / funding services?
Roads and bridges are built using this funding source.
What are taxes?
Extra money from purchases goes to this.
What is the government?
When the government spends more than it earns.
What is deficit?
Name one pro AND one con of taxes.
What is: provide services AND less spending money?