KSW starts financial education offensive: Understand taxes for young people!

KSW starts financial education offensive: Understand taxes for young people!

The Chamber of Tax Advisors: Inside and Audit Officer: Interior (KSW) has created an important educational offer for pupils between the ages of 14 and 19 with an innovative financial education project. The aim of the project is to tax the youth about the complex topic and to clarify their importance. So many young people are often unable to do fundamental questions such as "What does the state finance with our tax money?" to answer. KSW recognizes the essential role of financial education and, in cooperation with the Center for Financial Education at the Vienna Economic University, has a comprehensive information portal at www.taxheroes.at that is supposed to close this gap.

Modern learning platform for generation z

On this interactive learning platform, the students can find: inside a variety of information materials, such as info texts, videos, podcasts and worksheets, which process the complex content in an understandable manner. A highlight is the interactive quiz that enables young people to apply their newly learned knowledge directly. If you successfully master the quiz, you even get a personalized certificate. Kristina Weis, professional group chairwoman of the auditors: Inside, emphasizes the importance of this initiative for the economic future of young people who will soon be taxpayers: inside and business operators.

A similar initiative takes place in Berlin, where schools can register for a simple email for participation in events for financial education. The Berlin project of the tax department of the Senate Department for Finance invites teachers to express their wishes for events and to provide details about the classes. Such offers underline the importance of tax formation and aim to integrate the knowledge of taxes into school lessons in order to specifically prepare young people for their future duties. The active involvement of the schools is an essential component to effectively implement these educational offers, as is summarized in the report of berlin.de