Intro to Taxes

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What are federal taxes?

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What are state taxes?

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What are local taxes?

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What is a sales tax?

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What is income tax?

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Money taken out of your pay to fund Social Security and Medicare.

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Electronic transfer of a payment from your employer to your bank account.

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A high cost added to the purchase of goods, such as cigarettes and soda, intended to discourage the use of those goods.

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Wage and Tax Statement; provided by your employer to report your annual wages and taxes withheld

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A category of taxpayers based on their income

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A person other than a spouse, usually a minor child, who entitles the taxpayer to claim an exemption.

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Money the government collects from taxes, tariffs, etc

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Money you receive that is not from a paycheck, such as lottery winnings, an inheritance, or a trust fund

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Take-home pay; money left in your paycheck after taxes, etc. have been deducted

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Form an employee fills out for every new employer so that the employer withholds the correct amount of income tax from paychecks based on marital status and number of dependents