Accounting - Payroll

A deduction from total earnings for each person legally supported by a taxpayer, including the employee.

• Payroll taxes
• Withholding allowance
• social security tax
• None of the above

A federal tax paid for hospital insurance

• Social Security tax
• Payroll tax
• Medicare tax
• None of the above

A business form used to record payroll information

• Payroll register
• Net pay
• Employee earnings record

The total pay due for a pay period before deductions

• Total earnings
• Salary
• Net pay
• Payroll

The money paid for employee services regardless of hours worked or not worked.

• Tax base
• Payroll
• Salary
• None of the above

The total amount earned by all employees for a pay period

• Payroll taxes
• Salary
• Total earnings
• Hourly wage

A federal tax paid for old-age, survivors, and disability insurance

• Medicare tax
• Federal income tax 
• Social security tax
• Tax base

Taxes based on the payroll of a business

• Payroll taxes
• Social security tax
• Total earnings
• Medicare taxes

The period covered by a salary payment

• Tax base
• Net pay
• Pay period
• None of the above

A single person will have less income tax withheld than a married employee

• True
• False