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Income and Taxes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.The amount of something that is permitted, esp. within a set of regulations or for a specified purpose. | 1. Allowance |
| Earnings not paid out as dividends but instead reinvested in the core business or used to pay off debt. also called earned surplus or unappropriated profit or retained earnings. | 2. Accumulated Earnings |
| The authority to perform a task or certain duties. | 3. Commissions |
| 1.The action of deducting or subtracting something. 2.An amount that is or may be deducted from something, esp. from taxable income or tax to be paid. | 4. Deduction |
| A person who relies on another, esp. a family member, for financial support. | 5. Dependent |
| The electronic transfer of a payment directly from the account of the payer to the recipient's account. | 6. Direct Deposit |
| Money derived from paid work. | 7. Earned Income |
| A person employed for wages or salary, esp. a nonexecutive. | 8. Employee |
| A person or organization that employs people. | 9. Employer |
| 1.The process of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others. | 10. Exemptions |
| An income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses (corporations or other legal entities). Various income tax... | 11. Federal Income Tax |
| Federal Insurance Contributions Act. | 12. FICA |
| Gross income in United States tax law is receipts and gains from all sources less cost of goods sold. Gross income is the starting point... | 13. Gross Income |
| Money received, esp. on a regular basis, for work or through investments. | 14. Income |
| The Federal government has set forth that employers must make deductions from employees’ paychecks for Social Security and Medicare... | 15. Medicare Tax |
| the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses). | 16. Net Income |
| The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax is a United States payroll (or employment) tax imposed by the federal government | 17. Social Security Tax |
| (W-2 Forms) Wage and Tax Statement. The form used to report wages, tips, other compensation, withheld income and social security taxes | 18. W-2 Form |
| IRS tax forms are used by taxpayers and tax-exempt organizations to report financial information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)... | 19. W-4 Form |
| 1.Refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another): "the withholding of consent to treatment". 2.Suppress or hold back (an emotion or reaction). | 20. Withholding |