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Payroll job vocabulary

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    Test your understanding of payroll vocabulary, defintions and idioms
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  • How many times are you paid in a year if you are paid semi-monthly?
    12
    52
    24
    7
  •  25
  • What is a mandatory deduction?
    food
    401K
    dental insurance
    taxes
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  • What are voluntary deductions?
    federal taxes
    local taxes
    amount of money an employee has agreed to withhold
    state taxes
  •  25
  • the number of hours you must work in order to be full time
    40
    24
    39
    58
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  • What is Federal tax?
    401K
    voluntary tax
    tax you pay the federal government
    state tax
  •  15
  • The actual amount of money you “take home” is
    net pay
    taxes
    gross pay
    voluntary pay
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  • A document showing an employee’s wages and deductions is an
    pay stub
    pay paper
    pay roll
    pay pal
  •  15
  • A federal tax that supports elderly, disabled, or orphaned citizens.
    disable tax
    state tax
    social security tax
    old tax
  •  15
  • Amounts of money withheld from an employee’s gross pay
    Net pay
    Pay roll deductions
    gross pay
    voluntary pay
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  • : Services or privileges that an employer provides in addition to the employee’s salary or wages
    benefits
    insurance
    statement
    retirement
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  • An agreement to protect a person or business from specific risks in exchange for regular payments
    benefits
    protection
    insurance
    retirement
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  • The total amount of income from wages before any payroll deductions.
    gross income
    bank income
    net income
    payable income
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  • Set length of time (typically weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) over which employee time is recorded and paid
    pay stub
    pay me
    pay period
    pay bills
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  • Gross pay minus deductions and taxes
    pay roll
    bi- weekly
    net pay
    pay period
  •  5
  • A sum of money paid regularly as a retirement benefit
    benefit
    insurance
    pension
    wages
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  • A retirement savings plan to which contributions are made by the employee and employer and are invested
    pension
    F.I.C.A.
    401 (k)
    savings
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