Life After School
Taxes
Vocab
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Finance
100

Explain Predatory Lending

Loans given out to people who are unlikely to be able to repay in full which causes the loans to grow continuously. 

100

Why do we pay taxes? 

In order to fund public services. 

100

FICA

Federal Insurance Contributions Act

100

Third planet from the sun? 

Earth

100
How are checkings and savings account different?  

Checking= account for everyday purchases

Saving= account that is limited and gains minimal amounts of interest  

200

What is a mortgage? 

A home loan

200

Alcohol, tobacco, and gasoline are all examples of this tax...

Excise tax (also known as sin tax)

200

Interest 

A fee from the lender to us for borrowing money 

and 

Payment we receive for the bank using our money

200

When is the deadline to turn in missing work for this class?

Midterm/ end of term

200

401k, profit sharing, and 403b(s) are all examples of... 

Retirement plans 

300

Who signs the endorsement on a check? 

The payee/person recieving the check 

300

What is a tax bracket?

A tax system that taxes lower income indivduals less and higher income indivduals more

300

Free Space

Points to the team that picked this 

300

The housing market crash in 2008 helped spark The _____ Recession 

The Great Recession 

300

A high school student should have saved at least this much... 

$500

400

What is the purpose of a W-4?

A from that shows your employer how much to withhold 

400

What is a tax deduction? What is a tax credit? 

Tax deduction - An incentive that reduces your taxable income (Charitable donations)

Tax Credit - An incentive that subtracts the amount you owe at the end of the year. (Electric car)

400

Tax

is a MANDATORY payment to a government made by a person, property, or business to fund some public purpose

400

Taxation began after the Revolutionary War because of debt to ______?

France

400

What financial advise would you give to a younger relative?

many correct answers 

500

This notorious gangster was finally arrested on the charges of tax evasion?

Al Capone 

500

List 3 states that don't have income tax.

Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wyoming, and Tennessee 

500

Proportinal tax

A tax that takes the same percentage from all income groups 

500

Who was president in 1929 during the Great Depression? 

Herbert Hoover 

500

What is the algorithm for determining net worth?

total assets - total debts = net worth