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Heather's Unit 3 Flash Cards
Budgeting
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12th Grade
10/26/2006

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What is net income?
Definition
The money you take home after tax deductions.
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What is a budget?
Definition
A plan for managing money
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What is income?
Definition
The money you having coming in.(Usually from a job but could include: gifts or allowance)
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What is gross income?
Definition
The amount of income you recieve before payroll deductions.
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What are payroll deductions?
Definition
Amounts that are subtracted from each paycheck.
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What are taxes?
Definition
Fees placed on income,property, or goods to support govt. programs.
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What is Federal Income Tax?
Definition
A fee that is taken out of your paycheck by your employer to support federal govt. programs and is paid to the IRS.
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What is state income tax?
Definition
A tax that is subtracted from your paycheck by your employer to support State Programs and is paid to the state revenue department.
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What is social security tax?
Definition
A tax that provides benefits to those of old age, survivors, and disabled.
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What is medicare?
Definition
Tax funds hospital insurance programs and also pays health benefits to the elderly and the disabled
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What are fixed expenses?
Definition
Have a set dollar amount. (In other words, each payment for this is the exact same amount) Examples: mortgage or car payment.
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What are variable expenses?
Definition
Expenses that can change because they may not always be the same.EXAMPLES:Going out to eat more or less often during one week than another.
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What is Cash Management?
Definition
How you handle your money coming in and your money going out.
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What does P.Y.F stand for?
Definition
Pay Yourself First
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What are 3 types of transaction services that were discussed in this chapter?
Definition
Checks, ATM Card,Quickcheck card (a debit card linked to your checking account)
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What is the purpose of Form W-4?
Definition
To allow the employer to withhold federal income taxes from the employee 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 are expenses?
Definition
Money going out.
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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 a Quickcheck Card?
Definition
A debit card linked to your checking account.
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