Across
- 2. a program that provides financial protection to Americans throughout their lives. It's a social insurance system that pays periodic benefits to people based on their work history, age, disability, or death.
- 7. Your pay before deductions
- 9. 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.
- 11. Amount of money taken out to pay for taxes
- 12. Acronym for year to date
- 14. A check to compensate workers for their labor
- 16. a fixed amount of money an employee receives for their work, usually paid on a monthly or annual basis
- 18. Given each pay period, this document allows employees view their earnings and deductions.
- 19. wage based on the amount of hours you work
Down
- 1. The pay you take home, after deductions
- 3. Sales tax is a progressive tax because everyone pays different amounts based on their income
- 4. the amount you pay is based on income
- 5. paid on property such as real estate, boats, automobiles, and recreational vehicles.
- 6. A public health insurance program for some people or families with limited incomes and resources, including children, pregnant women, older adults, and people with disabilities.
- 8. Tax amount you pay when you buy goods
- 9. W-4's allow employers to explain their employee's gross income
- 10. Acronym for Federal Income Contributions Act and is deducted from each paycheck.
- 13. federal, state, and local taxes that may be collected on income
- 15. taxes collected to pay for state funded programs
- 17. a from that employees fill out to allow their employer know how much to put aside for Federal Income Tax
- 20. form that Employers report the taxes they withhold