AM ESOL Online 3-21-24

Agenda
Unit: Money - Paying Taxes
-Talking to a Tax Preparer (ellii)
-Laundry Care Symbols (review and quiz)
-Washer and Dryer dimensions (review and quiz)
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Class Introduction (slides)
Individual Readings 

to arrive (verb)
to get to the
place 
to come to class
to get to the 
school
to enter into 
a room 
to arrive on 
time to class

arrival (noun) 

Your arrival is anticipated.
 
We hope you will arrive 
to the party. 

2 late arrivals

arrivals
ahr riiiii vahlz

ahr 

r riiiii vahlz


When are your taxes due to be filed with the IRS?

What is the due date?

April 15th 

All Americans need to file their taxes not later than 
April 15th. 

I see that people are now writing the 'th' for a date.

I am going to say okay to this also. 

Today's date in Thursday, 
March 21, 2024. 

Formal English
We say the twenty-first 
but we only write the number 
21.

Informal English
Today's date in Thursday, 
March 21st, 2024. 

If this helps you to remember how to say the ordinal numbers then it is okay with me. 

Cardinal 
1,2,3,4... etc. 

Ordinal 
first, second, third , fourth, etc. 

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. 


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News
Calendar
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Talking to a Tax Preparer (ellii)

Discussion Questions 

1. Do you prefer doing your own taxes or getting help from a professional?

2. What time of year do you usually file income taxes?

3. What kinds of documents do you need in order to file taxes?

Stephane
I prefer getting help from a professional. 

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I prefer to do my taxes myself. 

prefer = between two options I like one better than the other


I choose to do my taxes myself

I know there are options 
I pick/want/prefer to do my taxes.


choose = opt to do something
prefer = like to do something better than another thing 
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Eliana is sharing the name of a local professional lawyer and tax preparer. 

You can say:

Briaian (briii ahn)
recommended me to you.

Brianin sent me to you. 

I heard about you from Briain. 

Eliana recommended me to you. 
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Cameras on... students. 
This is Conversation Practice. 
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General 
in a month
in a year
in a season

My birthday is in September. 
I file my taxes in the spring. 

Specific
on this date
on March 1st
on April 15th 

My birthday is on September 1st. 
My taxes are due on April 15th.
 
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BREAK 10:00 - 10:20 
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Talking to a Tax Preparer 

Vocabulary

"income" statement = document

W2 for wages
1099 for wages
1099R
WC

income = sources of income: the money you earn for work,
child support, food stamps, welfare checks, disability payments, social security, interest earned on a savings account 

statements - bank statements (usually it is a bill) but it can be any document that list numbers, wages, or a bill

REfund (verb) = act of giving money or credit to you or someone
reFUND (noun) = the thing thing received

I hope I get a good reFUND from the government.


spouse = husband or wife / married

jointly = join = together
jointly = to do something together
file taxes jointly = 1 form 
vs. file taxes separately = 2 forms

hard copy = paper copy
hard means you can see and feel it

(Woodlyne)
Vilma
Valerie
Vian
Satyendra
Larissa
Jhordana
Woodlyne
Eliana
Ana

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Her baby will be due in September.
general 
My taxes will be due April 15th.
specific 

refund   = giving money back 
re (again) 
re do 
refund
repay
repayment
reimburse
reimbursement

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Review of the vocabulary.

Her baby will be due in September.
general 
My taxes will be due April 15th.
specific 

refund   = giving money back 
re (again) 
re do 
refund
repay
repayment
reimburse
reimbursement

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Individual Readings

di = two 
dialoque (latin)
two people talking together
a conversation between two people

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Reading Comprehension Questions

Where is the Client? 
Where is the Tax Preparer?

Where does this conversation take place?

Eliana
How many times has the client filed a tax return in this country?

zero times

This is the first time the client is filing a tax return in this country.

What month are personal tax return due?

April 


Valerie
What kind of employment has the client had? 

Satyendra

What three pieces of information does the tax
preparer need? 


ITIN W2 SSN 

Jhordana
How much did the client's spouse work last year? 

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From Eliana to the class..

Mass Tax Corp
70 James St Suite 129
Worcester,  MA 01603
508-499-8829

Ask for Karyn.

Say: 
Eliane recommended I call you to help prepare my taxes. 

End Class
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