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Income
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Exempt | being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others. "exempt from paying taxes" |
| Employer | Company you work for |
| EMPLOYEE | Yourself |
| Earned Income | How much you make annually |
| Direct deposit | wages/money directly deposited into bank from paycheck |
| Dependent | Individual you can claim on tax form |
| Biweekly | getting paid every other week |
| Federal income tax | Taxes paid to federal government |
| FICA | taxes deducted to fund social security and medicare |
| FORM 1099 | forms sent by your bank if you have earned income from a savings |
| Gross income | Sum of all wages; what is shown on your paycheck before any deductions |
| Hourly wage | Money earned per hour |
| Medicare tax | Pay to fund Medicaid |
| Net income | After all deductions your take home |
| Overtime Pay | Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) says if you work more than 40 hours a week you get paid at time and half |
| Profit Sharing | a system in which the people who work for a company receive a direct share of the profits. |
| Salary | a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker. |
| Commission | is the amount of compensation paid to a person based on the amount of sales generated. This is typically a percentage |
| Social Security Tax | the tax levied on both employers and employees to fund the Social Security program in the U.S |
| Tax Deduction | is a deduction that lowers a person's or an organization's tax liability by lowering their taxable income. Deductions are typically expenses |
| Tips | money given to an employee by customers in exchange for doing a service |
| W2 Form | reflects your income earned and taxes withheld from the prior year to be reported on your income tax returns. · Employers use W-2s to report FICA taxes |
| W4 Form | to let employers know how much tax to withhold from their paycheck based on the employee's marital status, number of exemptions |
| Allowances | factors that affect the amount of income tax that will be withheld(taken) from your check |