Parts of a Paystub
General Vocab
Taxes, Withholdings, Deductions
Math
Challenge!
100

The business or company you work for.

Employer

100

Total amount of money you earn before taxes and deductions

Gross Pay

100

Money paid to federal government.

Federal Income Tax

100

If your Gross Pay is $1,000 and your deductions are $500 this pay period. What is your Net Pay?

$500

100

How much more do you get paid for working overtime?

Time & half

200

The date that you get paid.

Pay Date

200

Total amount of money you take home after taxes and deductions.

Net Pay

200

Money paid to local state.

State Income Tax

200

Your gross pay for this pay period is $800.00 and your deductions total $369.00. What is your net pay for this pay period?

$431.00

200

When you work for someone else, you are called an______________.

Employee

300

The abbreviation for the amount of money you have earned so far that year

YTD

300

What is Rate?

How much you get paid per hour

300

Are federal income tax & state income tax mandatory or voluntary?

Mandatory

300

If your Gross pay is $1,234.56 and your deductions are $123.45, What is your take home pay?

$1,111.11

300

What is the difference between a paycheck and a paystub?

Paycheck=money to put in bank account. Paystub=information on the breakdown of earnings/taxes/deductions.

400

Any hours worked more than 40 hours/week.

Overtime

400

What are deductions?

The amount of money taken from your paycheck.

400

Name another mandatory withholding besides taxes.

Medicare, Social Security, FICA, SDI

400

If your net pay is $777.00 and your deductions were $120.00. What was your original gross pay?

$897.00

400

True/False: State income taxes are withheld in all 50 states.

False. Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming do not have state income tax.

500

The specific week(s) covered on that paystub.

Pay period

500

What does SSN stand for?

Social Security Number

500

Name a voluntary deduction that can be taken out of your paycheck?

(health, savings, meals, parking, etc...)

500

This pay period your gross pay was $1,500.00 and your Take home pay was $1,288.34. What amount of total deductions were taken out of your paycheck?

$211.66

500

What is 10% of 400?

40

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