Vocab
Gross Pay and Net Pay
Managing Personal Finance
Understanding Paychecks
100

Outlines how a person’s or household’s income is allocated among their cumulative, monthly expenses

Budget

100

Ava is a salaried employee who earns $94,000 per year. She gets paid twice a month, and $945 is deducted from each paycheck for taxes and benefits.

Gross pay= $3,917

Net pay= $2,972

100

Which personal financial management characteristic can protect individuals from risk by spreading their money among various avenues?

Investing

100

What must an employee fill out prior to receiving compensation from their employer?

W-4

200

official government forms that an individual or married couple submits to a federal, state or local agency

Income Tax Returns

200

Jordan is a part-time hourly employee who earns $28.75 per hour. He works 25 hours each week and gets paid weekly. $138 is deducted from each paycheck for taxes and insurance.

Gross pay= $719

Net pay= $581

200

Personal finance requires proper management to be successful.

True

200

What deduction is mandatory and taken out of most employees’ paychecks by law?

Federal income tax

300

employee’s total earnings before taxes, withholdings and deductions

Gross Pay

300

Darius is a salaried employee and earns $96,000 per year. He gets paid once a month, and $1,925 is deducted from each paycheck for taxes and insurance.

Gross pay = $8,000

Net pay = $6,075

300

Which of the following is considered the starting point of managing personal finance?

Income

300

401(k)s are payroll taxes issued by states, counties or municipalities and deducted to fund public services.

False

400

money a person receives for work or investments on a regular basis

Income

400

Elena is a salaried employee and earns $92,400 per year. She gets paid twice a month, and $1,125 is deducted from each of her paychecks for taxes and insurance.

Gross pay = $3,850

Net pay = $2,725

400

Which personal financial strategy helps individuals prepare for unexpected expenses by setting aside money regularly?

Emergency savings fund

400

401(k)s are payroll taxes issued by states, counties or municipalities and deducted to fund public services.

False

500

documents completed by employees for their employers which inform the employer about the correct amount to withhold from the employee’s pay in accordance with the federal income tax

W-4s

500

Liam is a part-time salaried employee and earns $38,280 per year. He gets paid weekly (52 paychecks per year), and $142 is deducted from each paycheck for taxes and benefits.

Gross pay = $735

Net pay = $593

500

What are characteristics of personal financial management?

Investing

Savings

500

The equation for net pay is

gross pay - deductions = net pay