Taxes Test

taxes based on the payroll of a business

payroll taxes

taxes you pay on most type of income you recieve

income taxes

FICA stands for...

federal insurance contribution act

how much of your monthly salery is going to FICA?

6.2%

how much of your monthly salery is going to medicare?

1.45%

what enables the government to collect taxes at a steady rate, rather than at the end of the year?

withholding

gross is _________ taxes

before

net is ____________ taxes

after

what form provides info for your employer needs to determind the proper amount to with hold from your paycheck?

W-4

what is a number that reduces the amount of money withheld from your paycheck?

allowance

what form is a summary of your earnings and withholdings for the year for a job?

W-2

what form is a statement of the interest your bank paid on your savings that year?

1099-INT

what tax takes a larger share of income as the amount of income grows?

progressive

what tax gets a smaller percentage of income as the amount of income grows?

regressive

what tax takes the same percentage from all people?

proportional

which way of paying taxes is when they are paid directly to the government?

direct

which way of paying taxes is when taxes you pay are included in the cost of a good like a landlord puts property taxes in their rent?

indirect

what is a tax on sale of specific goods and services such as tobacco, gasoline and alcohol?

excise

what tax is on property which will be recieved by those legally titles to the estate?

estate

what tax is taxes that may be paid by the giver of gifts worth more than $14,000?

gift