{"product_id":"payroll-accounting-the-basics-teaching-resources","title":"Payroll accounting – the basics","description":"\u003cp\u003ePayroll accounting – the basics is a ready-to-use comparative business \u0026amp; law teaching resource for Grades 9–12 \u0026amp; Adult Ed. It uses the German and European framework as a detailed international case study, ideal for comparative, international-business and global-citizenship courses in Business, Finance \u0026amp; Career Readiness (CTE). This series introduces learners at vocational school and vocational college to the basics of payroll accounting. In five worksheets with rising progression it moves from the difference between gross and net and the components of a payslip, through the taxes – wage tax, solidarity surcharge, where applicable church tax and the tax classes in overview – and the four branches of social insurance with their employee and employer shares, to calculating the net independently and interpreting a statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuiding question:\u003c\/strong\u003e How does the gross pay become the net, and which taxes and social contributions lie behind the deductions?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 differentiated worksheets with required and optional tasks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull answer keys with expected solutions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 7-slide colour presentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA detailed, step-by-step lesson plan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint \u0026amp; digital — editable and ready to use, no prep required\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLearning objectives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinguish gross and net and name the components of a payslip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplain wage tax, solidarity surcharge and church tax and place the tax classes in overview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribe the four branches of social insurance and the joint split of employee and employer share\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalculate the net from a gross pay and interpret a statement in a structured way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolve practical cases, justify the result and give simple advice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTopics covered (5 worksheets)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstanding gross and net\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaxes on the payslip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial insurance on the statement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalculating and interpreting net from gross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCases from working life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeach the full series in sequence or pull single worksheets as stand-alone lessons. 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