True or False?
Understanding your Paycheck
Vocabulary
Tax Documents
Types of Taxes
100

The largest amount of Federal tax revenue comes from Federal income taxes.

What is true?

100

This is the amount of money you actually take home from your paycheck

What is a net pay?

100

Total amount of money earned before deductions and taxes are withheld.What is economics?

What is gross pay?

100

Form employers use to calculate federal income tax withheld from your paycheck

What is a W-4?

100

These are taxes based on the sale of electronics or clothing

What is sales tax?

200

Gasoline included an excise tax in the listed price per gallon. 

What is true?

200

Items that reduce the amount of tax taken from each paycheck

What are allowances?

200

Money received from the government at age 62 1/2 or 67.

What is Social Security?

200

This is commonly known as the federal tax filing deadline.

What is April 15th?

200

The type of tax you pay annually on a car.

What is property tax?

300

Retirement is a payroll deduction that is taken out of every person's paycheck.

What is false?

300

The money that employers hold from your paycheck to pay government taxes is called this.

What is tax withholding?

300

A person that is financially supported with regards to filing taxes or obtaining insurance. 

What is a dependent?

300

You need this form from each employer to complete your federal income tax return form.

What is a W-2?

300

This tax system has a negative effect on low-income individuals

What is regressive?

400

Creating wealth is the primary purpose of taxes.

What is false? (Fund government activities is the correct answer)

400

This is the percentage of social security tax withheld from your paycheck.

What is 6.2%?

400

A type of tax where the percentage of income tax paid is not affected by individual's income level

What is proportional

400

This form verifies that an individual is eligible to work in the U.S.

What is a I-9 form?

400

This is the type of tax system used in the United States

What is progressive?

500

An employer is responsible for filing a tax return

What is false?

500

These are amounts that are subtracted from your paycheck.

What are deductions?

500

This is your gross income minus any adjustments for qualify items such as student loan interest. 

What is adjusted gross income?

500

This is the tax form used when filing taxes for a savings account that has taxable interest.

What is a 1099-INT?

500

I have to pay this type of tax if I give someone land worth $20,000

What is a gift tax?

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