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Personal Finance Unit 2

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What is a budget?   A plan for managing your moneyduring a given period of time.  
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What is income?   Any money you receive.  
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What is federal income tax?   A fee collected by the federal government to support its programs.  
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What is state income tax?   A fee collected by the state revenue department to support its programs.  
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What is Social Security tax?   It provides a small income and other services to the elderly, disabled Americans, and orphaned minors.  
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What is Medicare tax?   It provides medical insurance to the elderly and to some disabled Americans.  
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What is gross income?   The total amount of income from your wages before any payroll deductions.  
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What is net income?   It is also known as your “take-home pay”.It’s the amount you receive in cash from your paycheck.  
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What is a Form W-4?   A tax form where you claim allowances to determine how much tax will be withheld from each paycheck.  
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What are fixed expenses?   A cost in your budget that will be the same amount every time.  
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What are variable expenses?   A cost in your budget that can fluctuate in amount every time.  
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What are periodic expenses?   A cost that you don’t pay every month. It can be either fixed or variable.  
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What is P.Y.F. or “pay yourself first”?   A concept whereby whenever you receive money, you immediately put a certain amount into an account that you will set aside to use later to meet a long-term financial goal.  
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