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Jesse's Unit 3 Flashcards
Budgeting
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12th Grade
10/25/2006

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What is net income?
Definition
Gross income minus deductions
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What is social security?
Definition
A tax used to provide support to old age, survivors, and disability insurance
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What is gross income?
Definition
The amount of income before deductions
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What is a budget?
Definition
A plan for spending and saving money
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What are deductions?
Definition
Amounts subtracted from gross income
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What are expenses?
Definition
Any money spent or given away
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What are taxes?
Definition
Fees used to support government programs
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What is medicare?
Definition
Tax used to fund hospital insurance provided under the social security system
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What is PYF?
Definition
Pay yourself first
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What is income?
Definition
Any money a person recieves
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What is state tax?
Definition
A tax collected by the employeer and paid to the state revenue department
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What is federal tax?
Definition
Taxes paid to the internal revenue service (IRS)
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What are fixed expenses?
Definition
Expenses that have a set dollar amount each month
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What are variable expenses?
Definition
Expenses that change from month to month
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What is sometimes referred to as "cash flow"?
Definition
Cash management
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What are expenses?
Definition
Any money spent or given away
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What is a checking account?
Definition
An account you have at a financial institution that you use for convenience and to minimize the amount of cash you need to carry
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What is the purpose of form W-4?
Definition
To allow the employeer to withhold federal income taxes from the emplloyee wages
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What is the purpose of form W-2?
Definition
To itemize how much money was earned by an employee and how much was withheld and sent to the IRS
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What is a spending & saving plan?
Definition
A personal budget for managing money during a given period of time
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