Citizens and taxpayers

Area : Knowledge of the Natural, Social and Cultural Environment. Type : Individual Level : Third Cycle of Primary Education

• Say what the following words mean:

  • Citizen

  • Taxpayer

  • Fraudster

• What are taxes? Complete the following definition: Taxes are amounts of (MONEY) that citizens, obliged by (LAW), pay so that the State and the rest of the public administrations have sufficient resources to finance (PUBLIC) goods and services.

• What determines the amounts taxpayers must pay?

  • From what public services use.

  • Of their economic capacity.

  • From what they voluntarily want to contribute.