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Taxes don't require even High School level Math, much less something like trigonometry or high-level algebra.
On the other hand, personal finance should absolutely be mandatory in schools.
In my school personal finance was something everyone was required to take their freshman year.
You overestimate the minimum level of math required to graduate high school (in the United States).
When I went to school (about 20 years ago, at a suburban school in the North East), to graduate, you need to pass 6 semesters of math. You could achieve that by taking:
Well...no, I don't, because I graduated HS in the United States...
You overestimate the level of math required to complete your taxes. Because there's nothing more complicated than basic multiplication and division.
I agree. A 1040 is just a long arithmetic word problem.
I was disagreeing with you saying that high schools teach everyone trigonometry and advanced algebra.
Well, I didn't say that so...