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Accounting
12th Grade
01/13/2008

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has a minimal taxable amount each year
Definition
FICA (Social Security) Tax
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Lists the marital status and number of exemptions claimed by the employee
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Form W-4
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the number of hours worked multiplied by the hourly wage
Definition
gross earnings for the pay period
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is divided into two parts: the social security tax and the medicare tax
Definition
total FICA tax
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an example of a voluntary deduction?
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is one for health insurance premium
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summarizes information about the employees earnings during a pay period
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payroll register
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established by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act
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social security system
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credited for the amount the employees acutally earn in the pay period less their deductions
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company's cash in bank account
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the employer must pay unemployment taxes and Social Security and Medicare based on...
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the amount they pay their employees
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the amount entered for _____ is the total gross earnings of the pay period
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salary expense
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is the total taxes the employer must pay based on the amount they pay their employees
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payroll tax expense
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is paid by both employer and employee
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social security tax
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amounts deducted from employees' earnings and held for payment by the employer become  
Definition
liabilities to the business
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when a business transfers money from its regular checking account to the payroll checking account....
Definition
the check is written for the total net pay amount
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source of information for preparing the journal entry for payroll
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payroll register
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simplify the posting process, simplify the recording process and organize a business's transactions
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special journals
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is recorded in the sales journal in the Sales credit column
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value of merchandise sold
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journal entries shud b posted from the ______ column in the sales journal to the customers' accounts daily
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accounts recievable debit
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every transaction recorded in the ________ requires a debit to cash in bank
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cash reciepts journal
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the totals of the special amount columns in the sales journal and the cash reciepts journal are posted....
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at the end of the month
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sales returns and allowances is a
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temporary account
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retained earnings is a
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 permanent account
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sales discounts is a
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contra account to the sales account
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the account that is brought up to date after the closing entries have been journalized and posted is the
Definition
retained earnings account
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____shud not appear on the post-closing trial balance
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income summary
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in the final closing entry, _____is closed into Retained Earnings
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income summary
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after the closing entries have been posted all ____shud hav a zero balance
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temporary accounts
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_____is paid to the employee as a % of the employees' sales
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comission
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the amount of money acutally recieved by the employee after all deductions are subtracted is called the
Definition
net pay
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an amount of money paid to employees at a specific rate per hour is a
Definition
wage
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is the total amount earned by the employee in the pay period
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gross earnings
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is a fixed amount of money paid to an employee each pay period
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a salary
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a list of employees in a business and earnings due to each employee for a specific period of time is a
Definition
payroll register
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is an individual payroll record kept for each employee
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the employees earnings record
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the amount deducted from gross earnings for federal income tax each pay period depends....
Definition
 on the total earnings, marital status, and the number of exemptions an employee claims on Form W-4
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are the year to date gross earnings of an employee
Definition
accumulated earnings
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is an amount subtracted from gross earnings
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deduction
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the form that accompanies an employer's payment of social security, medicare, and employees' federal income taxes is a
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federal tax deposit coupon
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each year, en employer must prepare and send to the IRS______, which summarizes the info contained on the employees wage and tax statements
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form W-3
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by jan 31, an employer must provide each employee with a _____, which summarizes the employees earnings and taxes witheld
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form W-2
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yearly report of employer's unemployment taxes
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Form 940
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the employer's quarterly federal tax return on which accumulated amounts of FICA and federal income tax witheld from employees' earnings as well as FICA tax owed by the employer are reported is
Definition
FORM 941
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to record employees' earnings is often called Salaries Expense
Definition
expense account
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taxes paid by the employer to provide funds for workers who are temporarily out of work are
Definition
unemployment taxes
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is used to record the total of the employer's payroll work
Definition
payroll tax expense
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if an employee  has direct deposit, the employer placed the employee's net pay into their
Definition
personal bank account
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an employee paid 1 1/2 times the regular wage is paid at the
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overtime rate
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