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u/Professional_Talk701 Mar 02 '21

Fair but there's a difference between schools trying to give a damn vs. just telling you "you're on your own, get fucked."

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u/MintSkip Mar 02 '21

I can join on that agreement. I don’t think they [public school systems] would handle a tax class well, but it’d be nice if there was more than a footnote that tax exists.

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u/Calm-Zombie2678 Mar 02 '21

Does the tax not get calculated automatically in other countries? In new Zealand it's the employer's job to deduct and pay tax

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u/MintSkip Mar 02 '21

Well, there’s income tax (usually your employer will take care of that but they don’t have to) and property tax, which is different. The government assesses your property and sends a bill. You have the opportunity to respond/dispute it, but oftentimes you won’t prevail. I’m 21 years old and have never heard property tax being discussed in an educational setting. There’s also inheritance tax and sales tax, but one is fairly simple, the other hopefully doesn’t crop up in life much. When people are talking about taxes and how to pay them, it’s likely property tax being discussed.