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income and taxes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A sum of money paid regularly to a person, typically to meet specified needs or expenses. | Allowance |
| Earnings not paid out as dividends but instead reinvested in the core business or used to pay off debt | Accumulated Earnings |
| Give an order for or authorize the production of | Commissions |
| An amount that is or may be deducted from something, esp. from taxable income or tax to be paid. | Deduction |
| A person who relies on another, esp. a family member, for financial support. | Dependent |
| The electronic transfer of a payment directly from the account of the payer to the recipient's account. | Direct Deposit |
| Money derived from paid work. | Earned Income |
| A person employed for wages or salary, | Employee |
| A person or organization that employs people,Boss | Employer |
| The process of exempting a person from paying taxes on a specified amount of income for themselves and their dependents. | Exemptions |
| An income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses. | Federal Income Tax |
| Federal Insurance Contributions Act. | FICA |
| Gross income in United States tax law is receipts and gains from all sources less cost of goods sold. | Gross Income |
| revenue - earnings - proceeds - profit - yield - gainings | Income |
| The Federal government has set forth that employers must make deductions from employees’ paychecks for Social Security and Medicare | Medicare Tax |
| the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time | Net Income |
| The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax is a United States payroll | Social Security Tax |
| Wage and Tax Statement. The form used to report wages, tips, other compensation, withheld income and social security taxes | W-2 Form |
| tax forms are used by taxpayers and tax-exempt organizations to report financial information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). | W-4 Form |
| withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer. | Withholding |