Tax Vocabulary

3. the person who works a job
4. the government agency in charge of taxes
6. the person or company you work for
10. one way to get your tax refund or your pay check: the money goes right into your bank account
12. another way to refer to the money your boss keeps out of your paycheck for taxes
13. the amount of money you make in a year
14. someone who relies on you for more than half of their financial support
15. the money you receive after filing taxes IF you paid more in taxes than you truly owed
17. a reduction in the amount of taxes you have to pay
18. the amount of money you actually get after taxes come out of your checks

1. money citizens pay to the government in order to pay for public services like roads and schools
2. the total money you earned while working, before taxes come out
5. tax form that YOU fill out to tell your boss how much to withhold from your paychecks
7. the amount of money you can earn in one year before you have to start paying taxes on your income
8. the month that your taxes are due each year (specifically the 15th day)
9. tax form your employer fills out to show how much you earned and paid in taxes this year
11. a government system that provides monetary assistance to people who need it (usually disabled or elderly folks)
16. what you claim on your W-4 when you don't expect to earn enough to have to pay taxes--no money is withheld from your checks