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Income and Taxes
Question | Answer |
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Pay every two weeks | Bi-weekly |
Relying on someone else for financial support | Dependent |
automatic deposit of funds into your bank account electronically | Direct Deposit |
any income that is received from a job or self-employment | earned income |
an employed person | employee |
someone who employs another person | employer |
process of exempting someone from paying taxes on a certain income | exemptions |
tax level levied by the IRS | federal income tax |
Federal Insurance Contributions Act which is deducted out of each paycheck | FICA |
extra benefit that supplements an employees salary such as a company car | Fringe benefits |
total income of all sources | gross income |
annual salary/2080 (pay per hour) | hourly wage |
tax levied by a government directly on income | income tax |
federal tax that supports medicare | medicare tax |
sales minus the cost of goods | net income |
one and a half times regular pay when working over 40 hours in a week | overtime pay |
gives employees a share of the company's quarterly or annually earnings | profit sharing |
fixed amount of money given to worker in exchange fr work performed | salary |
percentage of a sale that a sales rep or associate can earn | sales commission |
tax levied on both employers and employees to fund the Social Security program | social security tax |
lowers a person's or an organization's tax liability by lowering their taxable income | tax deduction |
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, provide protection against inflation | tips |
reflects your income earned and taxes withheld from the prior year to be reported on your income tax returns | W2 form |
lets employers know how much taxes to with-hold from their employees | W4 form |
refusal to give something that is due or desired | with-holding |