Canada Revenue Agency survey claims that 16-18 year
olds know very little about the tax system. The
reality is that they are not alone. Most of us know
very little about our self-assessing tax system.
Just the other day, a client told me that if she had
known what the Income Tax Act said, she would have
arranged her affairs differently.
YA Tax Course
introduction
—Based
on a study by CRA of YA and taxes, this 20
hours of activities engages students
planning, mathematics, law and internet
research abilities while exploring taxation
in Canada.
—The
target age range is 16-18 (grades 10 to
12)
—These
activities allow for creative exploration of
government websites and can be used
individually or sequentially.
—These
activities may be assessed using the
provided evaluation tools. Where possible,
suggestions for modifications are
provided.
Students
will:
¡Explore
the Income Tax Act and
Regulations
¡Explore
how Finance, Justice and Canada Revenue
Agency interact to change, administer and
enforce the Income Tax Act
¡Explore
how tax law is applied to real people using
case studies
¡Open
their own tax history “My Account” (with
parental permission)
¡Learn
how to research tax questions
¡ Understand
‘tax’ language
¡Review
the court structure for tax
cases
¡Understand
how tax law affects social norms today
Curriculum
Connections include:
—Planning
10
—Law
11
—Math
10 Essentials
—Math
11 Essentials
—Business
Information Management
12
—Entrepreneurship
12
Limited time
introductory offer: $20.00 (includes
tax)
Sign up today. Benefits include:
Course outline on 17 easy to use PowerPoint
slides
30 tax research topics to choose from
Useful links for teachers
and students self-study and research
Participation in development of case studies,
workbook, black line pro-forma spreadsheets
Sign up for the newsletter to be notified when case
studies are available.
Contact to purchase YA Tax Course
Coming soon, contact
for more
information:
Book time in your classroom (lower mainland only).
Using the internet and a speaker phone, bring Eileen
into your classroom to lead an interactive tax
research session anywhere in Canada.
This program is being introduced with the
encouragement of Eileen's husband, a high school
math teacher in Vancouver. Eileen Reppenhagen,
CGA has visited Business Education classrooms for
over 20 years doing recruitment visits for CGA BC
and when invited to present on topics like Ethics in
Business.
