Definitions
Types of Taxes
Wild Card
Tax Miscellaneous
Places where the money goes
100

A financial charge imposed by a state to fund various public expenditures.

What is a tax?

100

Type of tax taken out of your paycheck

What is Payroll tax?


100

Where in NY is Miss Goodman from?

What is Long Island?

100

Finish the sentence- no taxation without

What is representation?

100

Government agency that oversees space exploration and aeronautics

What is NASA?

200

the thing that is being taxed

what is a tax base?

200

type of tax put on houses and cars

What is property tax?


200

Name 3 great lakes

What is lake Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior.

200

Which day is tax day in the US?

What is April 15th?

200

The check you can collect after you retire

What is social security?

300

tax that takes a larger share of income as it increases

What is a progressive tax?

300

Type of tax laid on gasoline, cigarettes, and alcohol

What is an excise tax?

300

What was the reason that people in Chavez Ravine were being kicked out so the Brooklyn Dodgers could build Dodgers stadium?

What is eminent domain?

300

What is the job of an accountant?

Making sure taxes are paid on time and ensuring that company financial records follow current rules and regulations. 

300

The place you go to so you can understand taxes and learn

What is schools?

400

Another name for a flat tax

What is a proportional tax?

400

The type of tax paid on fur coats, private jets, and gold jewelry

What is an luxury tax?

400

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a direct result of what event in US history?

What is the great depression?

400

Name a state  that called the tariff of 1828 called the "tariff of abominations"?

South Carolina

400

The part of the budget that pays for the military

What is defense?

500

bridge and highway tolls are only paid by drivers on that bridge

What is the benefits received principle?

500

Type of tax placed onto Amazon's profits

What is a corporate income tax?

500

What is the federal agency that would deal with mergers?

What is the Federal Trade Commission?

500

What type of tax does the 16th amendment make mandatory?

Income taxes

500

Your taxes go towards the type of government assistance that was formally known as food stamps?

What is SNAP?