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Income and Taxes

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an amount of a person's income that is not subject to a particular tax and is therefore deducted before his or her liability to taxation is assessed   allowance  
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Earnings not paid out as dividends but instead reinvested in the core business or used to pay off debt   Accumulated Earnings  
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paid entirely or partially with commissions from sales one has made or for work one has done   Commissions  
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The action of deducting or subtracting something   Deduction  
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A person who relies on another   Dependent  
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The electronic transfer of a payment directly from the account of the payer to the recipient's account   Direct Deposit  
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Money derived from paid work.   Earned Income  
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A person employed for wages or salary   Employee  
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A person or organization that employs people   Employer  
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The process of exempting a person from paying taxes on a specified amount of income for themselves and their dependents   Exemptions  
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An income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses   Federal Income Tax  
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Federal Insurance Contributions Act   FICA  
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An individual's total personal income before taking taxes or deductions into account   Gross Income  
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Money received on a regular basis, for work or through investments   Income  
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The Federal government has set forth that employers must make deductions from employees’ paychecks for Social Security and Medicare   Medicare Tax  
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An individual's total personal income AFTER taking taxes or deductions into account   Net Income  
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tax levied on both employers and employees used to fund the Social Security program   Social Security Tax  
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The form used to report wages, tips, other compensation   W-2 Form  
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IRS tax forms are used by taxpayers and tax-exempt organizations to report financial information to the Internal Revenue Service   W-4 Form  
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A portion of an employee's wages or salary withheldby the employer as partial payment of the employee's income tax   Withholding  
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