What Do Local Taxes Do?

Make taxes fun with the help of this matching activity! Students will read a brief description of what local taxes are and what they are used for. They will connect each distinct need of a community with the way that taxes are used to meet it. Then, learners will read a brief scenario about raising property taxes to provide money for schools and why someone might support or oppose that decision. 

This middle school worksheet is a great resource for helping students better understand how governments allocate tax money and showing them the different ways that local governments can improve the lives of people in its community. They’ll also need to draw on their critical thinking skills as they consider how a local government might want to budget its tax money. 

Learn more about how taxes work in What Do State Taxes Do?, What Do Federal Taxes Do?, and How Do Local Governments Collect Taxes?