Today’s topic: How to use Tax Day to teach kids about money. Most parents have already filed their federal income taxes, and if not… heads up, the deadline is midnight!

One of the best ways to help explain how taxes work is by showing your kids a paycheck. You can point out what you pay toward Social Security, Medicare, federal, state, and local taxes, and then ...

You could explain how a town, city and country have to collect taxes to pay for lots of things we all use, such as roads, hospitals, fire and police people, schools, etc. You get the picture.

LIFESTYLE Halloween candy can teach your kids key lessons about taxes and America — here's how And you thought Halloween was all about eating candy!

Sound familiar? Perhaps the moaning and groaning are coming from your teenager who’s shocked that all the long hours behind the fast-food counter resulted in a smaller-than-expected final take ...

Start by explaining why we pay taxes. Point out that parks, playgrounds, soccer fields, major league baseball stadiums, roads, schools and much more receive tax dollars to pay for services.

Sound familiar? Perhaps the moaning and groaning are coming from your teenager who’s shocked that all the long hours behind the fast-food counter resulted in a smaller-than-expected final take ...