Personal and Family Finance Crossword

2. a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to a manual or unskilled worker
4. a payment or gift made by an employer, the state, or an insurance company
7. time in addition to what is normal, as time worked beyond one's scheduled working hours
8. possession of the means or skill to do something
12. the action or process of investing money for profit or material result
13. pay is what employees earn before taxes, benefits and other payroll deductions are withheld from their wages
14. a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions
15. pay is an employee’s earnings after all deductions are taken out

1. time away from work, often for special circumstances in an employee's life
3. tax, also known as hospital insurance tax, is a federal employment tax that funds a portion of the Medicare insurance program
5. money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments
6. the ability to do something well or expertise
9. is a financial compensation that is above and beyond the normal payment expectations of its recipient
10. a practice or arrangement by which a company or government agency provides a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, illness, or death in return for payment of a premium
11. is the amount of tax withheld from your paycheck typically in the form of state or federal