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Income & Taxes

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a sum of money allotted or granted for a particular purpose, as for expenses   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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something, esp a sum of money, that is or may be deducted   Deduction  
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a child, spouse, parent, or certain other relative to whom one contributes all or a major amount of necessary financial support   Dependent  
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a plan in which salaries or other payments are transferred by the paying agency directly to the accounts of the recipients   Direct Deposit  
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income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner   Earned Income  
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a person working for another person or a business firm for pay   Employee  
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a person or business that employs one or more people, especially for wages or salary   Employer  
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the circumstances of a taxpayer, as age or number of dependents, that allow him or her to make certain deductions from taxable income   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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U.S. government legislation under which taxes are levied for the support of Social Security   FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act)  
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total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.   Gross Income  
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the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or 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/Social Security Tax  
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The amount of money you earn AFTER taxes are taken out of your pay   Net Income  
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a standard tax form showing the total wages paid to an employee and the taxes withheld during the calendar year: prepared by an employer for each employee.   W-2 Form  
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This form will determine how many exemptions you want to claim, to determine how much taxes will go to Federal and State tax obligations   W-4 Form  
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