The three main categories under mandatory spending
What is Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
You get this with your paycheck to show how much money you made and all deductions taken out of your check.
Pay Stub or Statement
Who receives the largest part of its revenue from income taxes?
What is Federal Government
Things like charitable donations (that you will not be taxed on) would be an example of
What are tax credits or deductions
_________________ is a tax placed on income earned by individuals. The amount paid is based on a person's total earnings.
What is Income Tax
I am received in January, There is one of me for every job I work, You can tell how much you earned and how much you paid in taxes by reading me
What is a W-2 Form
What is form 1040
What box on the W-2 Form shows the Federal Income Tax withheld from your paycheck?
Box 2
What are the four ways to file your taxes (Hint: Married Filing Jointly)
What are: Single, Married Filing Joint, Married Filling Single, and Head of Household
This type of tax is unfair towards lower income individuals
What is Regressive Tax
This is the federally funded insurance for people of retirement age
What is Medicare
What is one reason the gov't collects taxes out of each paycheck as opposed to sending a bill at the end of the year?
What is: People are more likely to pay their taxes & Spreads out payments to make it more manageable.
What kind of income tax system do we have in the US
What is progressive
What day do you legally have to have your taxes filed?
April 15th
What is the federal governments largest category of discretionary spending?
Military
What form do employees fill out to tell employers how much tax to take out of your check?
W-4 Form
Deadline for employers to mail W-2s to their employees (either by paper or electronically)
What is January 31st.
What box on the W-2 Form has the amount of Gross Wages that was earned during the year.
Box 1