UKS2 – Junior Tax Facts

Junior Tax Facts are a series of videos that have been designed for primary school children, aged eight to eleven. It introduces them to the subject of taxation by explaining that taxes are the money that people and businesses have to pay to the government.

It explains in simple terms for children that:
•When you have a job and earn money, you pay some of that money back to the government as tax.
•If you run a business, some of the profit the business makes is given to the government as a tax.
•Some of the things you buy also have tax included in the price.

All that tax money is then used by the government to pay for the things that are important to us and our families, our local communities and the country.

By the end of the first video, pupils should:
•Understand why the government needs money, to pay for the goods and services that benefit society.
•Be able to identify taxes as an essential source of the money the government spends, to pay for the things we all need and use.
•Appreciate that, through taxation, we are all helping to pay for the things that are important to our families, local communities and country.
•Recognise that children also pay a small amount of tax when they buy items that include Value Added Tax (VAT) in the price.

Please follow the link below for the first video;