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Budget; dont go broke
budgeting
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Accounting
12th Grade
10/25/2006

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Term
Budget
Definition
Plan for managing money during a given period of time.
Term
Income
Definition
Any money coming in.
Term
Gross income
Definition
The total amount of income from your wages or salary before payroll deductions.
Term
Payroll deductions
Definition
The amounts subtracted from gross income, which results in your net income.
Term
Taxes
Definition
Fees placed on income, poverty, or goodsto support government programs.
Term
Federal Income Tax
Definition
A fees for the support of federal government programs and is a payroll deductions collected by the employer each pay period and paid to the IRS.
Term
State Income Tax
Definition
A fee collected by your employer and paid to the state renenue department to support state programs.
Term
Social Security Tax
Definition
Collected from most employers to fund this federal program, which provides oldage, suvivers, and disability insurance.
Term
Medicare Tax
Definition
Collected from most employers to fund hospital insurance provided under the system.
Term
Net Income
Definition
sometimes called "take-home pay" it's the amount you recieve after all of the deductions from your gross pay.
Term
Expenses
Definition
Any money going out.
Term
Fixed Expenses
Definition
They have a set dollar amount and are the exact amount every time
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Variable Expenses
Definition
These can change, which means you usually have more control over them.
Term
Cash Management
Definition
How you handle the money coming in and the money coming out.
Term
P.Y.F.
Definition
Pay Yourself First.
Term
What are the two simple parts of a budget?
Definition
Spending and savings.
Term
List three deductions that are subtracted from most peoples pay check.
Definition
1.State Income Tax
2.Payroll Deductions
3.Medicare Taxes
Term
True or false, the purpose of a Form
W-2 is to itemize how much money was earned by an employee and how much was withheld and sent to the IRS.
Definition
True.
Term
What is an ATM?
Definition
Automated Teller Machine.
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What is a checking account?
Definition
An account where you can write a check for regular occuring bills.
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