Tax Forms
Important Tax Dates
Tax Vocabulary
Payroll Deductions
Other (Tax Extensions and Situations)
100

The form that tells your employer how much to deduct from your paycheck is called...

What is a W-4?

100

The tax year runs from ____ to ____

What is January 1st to December 31st?

100

Gross pay means...

What is the total salary, commission, or payment you earn before any deductions?

100

The federal tax deduction that funds social security is called...

What is FICA?

100

The deadline for filing for an extension is...

What is April 15th?

200

The form your employer sends regarding your earnings and taxes, by late January, is called a...

What is a W-2?

200

Employers are required to send this form by January 31st...

What is a W-2?

200

Net pay is...

What is your take-home pay after deductions and taxes (70-77% of gross pay on average in Oregon)?

200

The deduction that funds elderly care and healthcare for the disabled is called...

What is Medicare tax?

200

Tax money that is sent back to you is called...

What is a tax refund?

300

The standard form for filing one's tax return is a...

What is a 1040?

300

April 15th is the deadline for ____, or alternatively ____

What is filing your taxes, or filing for an extension?

300

An amount subtracted from your gross income, limiting how much you can be taxed is a...

What is a tax deduction?

300

The summary document that often indicates gross pay, total deductions and taxes, and take-home pay is called...

What is a pay stub?

300

True or False: filing for an extension enables you to file and pay your taxes by October 15th instead of April 15th.

What is False?

400

The form for independent contractors to file their taxes is called a...

What is a 1099?

400

The final deadline to file, even after an extension, is...

What is October 15th?
400

The criteria for filing someone as a dependent includes...

What is being 19 or under, or a student of 24 or under; living with the taxpayer for more than half the year, the taxpayer accounting for more than half the individual's expenses, etc.?

400

The standard percentage deducted for social security is...

What is 6.2%?

400

Failure to pay one's taxes on time would result in...

What is a late payment penalty and daily compounding interest?

500

The form submitted by tax day if you have not completed your tax return would be (specifically)...

What is Form 4868 (extension form)?

500

Freelancers must pay their quarterly taxes in these four months...

What are April, June, September, and January?

500

The system of progressive taxation entails that...

What is 'the higher tax bracket you qualify for (by having greater taxable income), the higher percentage of taxes you pay'?

500
Deductions for health insurance premiums or retirement contributions would be examples of...

What are voluntary payroll deductions?

500

If someone files their taxes using a 1099 form, they are most likely a(n)...

What is a freelancer/independent contractor?

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