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Term | Definition |
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audit | An examination of income tax returns by the IRS |
Benefits | Forms of employer compensation in addition to pay |
Dividends | money pay to stockholders from the corporation's earnings |
Excmption | An amount you may subtract from your income for each person who depends on your income to live. |
Filing Status | Your tax-filing based on your marital status as of the last day of the tax year |
Gross pay | The total amount an employee earns before deductions are subtracted |
Net Pay | The a mount left after all deductions are taken from an employee's gross pay |
Progressive Tax | a tax that takes a large share of one's income as the amount of income gross |
Proportional Tax | A tax for which the rate strays the same regardless of one's income |
Regressive Tax | A tax that takes a smaller share of one's income as the amount of income grows |
Salary | a fixed annual amount of gross pay |
Tax bracket | an income range that a tax rate is applied to |
Tax credit | a reduction of taxes owned |
Tax Liability | the amount of total tax you owe on a year's income |
Union | A group of people that work in the same or similar occupation |
Wage | a fixed hourly rate earned by employees. |