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Chapter 13 vocab
Question | Answer |
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The money paid for employee services | Salary |
The period covered by a salary payment | Pay period |
The total amount earned by all employees for a pay period | Payroll |
Paid on a weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly basis | Salaries stated as fixed amounts |
Using this system provides internal control for accurate reporting of time worked | Time card system |
A business must withhold this tax from employee total earnings | Federal Income Tax (FWT) |
The information used to determine the amount of income tax withheld is identified on this form | Form W-4 |
A deduction from total earnings for each person legally supported by a taxpayer, including the employee | Withholding allowance |
A federal tax paid for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance provided by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act | Social Security Tax (FICA) |
A federal tax paid for hospital insurance | Medicare Tax |
The maximum amount of earnings on which a tax is calculated | Tax base |
Employers are required to withhold and deposit employees' part of the taxes and pay a matching amount of these taxes | Employer's taxes |
When this happens, no more social security tax is deducted | Employee's earnings exceed tax base |
A business form used to record payroll information | Payroll register |
Payroll deductions for buying U.S. Savings Bonds or for contributing to United Way | B & UW |
The total earnings paid to an employee after payroll taxes and other deductions | Net pay |
A business form used to record details affecting payments made to an employee | Employee earnings record |
Are added to the previous accumulated earnings amount on the earnings record | Total earnings not Net pay |
Helps to protect and control payroll payments | Separate checking account |
Rounded to the nearest quarter hour | Time rounded |
The total pay due for a pay period before deductions | Total earnings |
Taxes based on the payroll of a business | Payroll taxes |