Math Project by lateara Fairchild Why Should I Pay? Services provided by taxes in South Carolina are public schools, safe highways, health care, prisons and social services for low-income citizens. The city or county where you live provides water and garbage service, police and fire protection and also contributes to public schools.

History of Taxation The government use your tax dollars to support social security health care, and social services such as food stamps.

Agree or Disagree with taxation? Agree cause if didn't pay we would be getting funds or food stamps or another money given by the governor.

State 1 Florida's tax rate is 6% it is collected by the state government. They use taxes for admission charge, storage, or rental.

State 2 Oklahoma’s tax rate is 4.5%. The Oklahoma Tax Commission has developed this tax rate data system to help you determine the correct sales or use tax to charge on delivery sales.

State 3 Wisconsin’s tax rate is 5% Money contributed to a candidate without any special-interest strings attached. This money is publicly granted, as opposed to privately donated, and comes from state coffers filled by the taxpayers of Wisconsin who use the income tax check-off

State 4 North Carolina sale rate is 5.75 “They are spending tax dollars so that they can get more tax dollars,” said Tim Kent, executive vice president of the N.C. Association of Realtors, an organization opposed to a land transfer tax that four counties will vote on this year.

State 5 Louisiana sale rate is 4% The sale of tangible personal property at retail in Louisiana; The use, consumption, distribution, or storage for use or consumption in Louisiana of any tangible personal property; The lease or rental within Louisiana of any item or article of tangible personal property; and,

Wish list Laptop IPod New phone wii Camera

Item 1 Laptop Location: Texarkana Wal-Mart Cost is $528 Sale tax is 4% Tax: Total cost: I should get this so if I have project we don’t have to ask other people can we us their computer and so if we go to the library it want cost me any time.

Item 2 I pod Location: Texarkana wal-mark Cost is Sale tax is 4% Tax: 7.99 Total cost: The reason I should get an iPod so that I have something to do when I'm bored or so I won’t have to buy me batteries.

Item 3 New phone Location : metro pcs or sprint Cost $69.00 Sale tax 4% Tax: 276 Total cost: 345 I want a new cell phone because I get good grades and plus my old phone is TORE UP, so I can talk to my friends and text them. That’s why I need a new cell phone.

Item 4 Wii Location Texarkana wal-mark Cost Sale tax 4% Tax 7.52 Total cost I want a wii so that when need something to do I can play the wii or we can have family nite

Item 5 Camera Location Texarkana wal-mark Cost $84.00 Sale tax 4% Tax 3.36 Total cost I wont a camera so that I can take picture of me and take picture of yall and put them on facebook

References pcs.com