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Taxes Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do your taxes help support?

a)

Public safety (Firefighters, Police, Hospitals)

b)

Infrastructure (Roads, Libraries, Museums)

c)

Education (Schools)

d)

National Parks/Public Parks

2.

What definition best fits for the word tax?

a)

Pointless fee everyone pays

b)

Fee the public pays to the government to help sustain public things

c)

Fees applied ONLY to food

d)

Fees that are the same for every person across the country

3.

Gross wages are?

a)

The amount before deductions

b)

The amount after deductions

c)

The sum of all your taxes

d)

The amount you make over a year

4.

Which of the following forms is meant to determine your allowances / withholdings / deductions and affects your FEDERAL and STATE income tax %? Hint: YOU fill it out

a)

W2 Form

b)

W4 Form

c)

1040EZ

d)

I9 Form

5.

Which of the following forms is a summary of what you made & what you paid? Hint: You DON'T fill it out, but it IS needed in order to file your taxes

a)

W2 Form

b)

W4 Form

c)

1040EZ

d)

I9 Form

6.
Where should employers send the tax money collected from employees?
a)
the government
b)
the FICA
c)
the ERS
d)
the IRS
7.
What does 6.2% look like as a decimal?
a)
6.2
b)
0.062
c)
0.62
d)
0.0062
8.
What is the first document an employer will have you complete?
a)
1040
b)
1040EZ
c)
W4
d)
W2
9.
Which form is used to determine the amount of tax withheld from your check?
a)
w2
b)
1099
c)
w4
d)
1040
10.
What is this form?
a)
w2
b)
w4
c)
1040
d)
1040ez
11.
What is this form?
a)
w2
b)
w1
c)
w4
d)
w6
12.
__________ is the deadline for employers to provide you with the W2.
a)
January 31st
b)
April 15th
c)
January 15th
d)
April 31st
13.
FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) taxes provide benefits for retirees. Another name for FICA is Social Security.
a)
true
b)
false
14.

The form your employer creates to report your earnings and how much was withheld from your paychecks

a)

W4

b)

W2

c)

1040

d)

Tax Return

15.

What do your taxes help support?

a)

Public safety (Firefighters, Police, Hospitals)

b)

Infrastructure (Roads, Libraries, Museums)

c)

Education (Schools)

d)

National Parks/Public Parks

16.

What are the three main taxes?

a)

Income

b)

Retirement

c)

Property

d)

Sales

17.

If my new car costs 15,000 dollars and the sales tax is 10% how much will I actually pay AFTER taxes?

a)

15,000

b)

15,500

c)

16,000

d)

16,500

18.

Net Pay is?

a)

The total amount before deductions

b)

The total amount after deductions

c)

The amount you make over the course of a year

d)

The sum of all of your taxes

19.

Deductions are?

a)

The amount before deductions

b)

The amount after deductions

c)

The sum of all taxes and other payments

d)

The amount you make over a year

20.
What type of tax is taken out of our paycheck? 
a)
Sales
b)
Income
c)
Property
d)
Excise
21.
Which form/document do you not need when filing your taxes? 
a)
W-2
b)
Social Security Card
c)
1099 (Interest Statement)
d)
W-4
22.
What document do you use to determine your TAX? 
a)
Tax Table
b)
W-2
c)
Allowance Table
d)
1040
23.

Social Security and Medicare taxes are also known as ________ taxes.

a)

FICO

b)

GAAP

c)

FICA

d)

NAFTA

24.

Which of these is not a filing status in the US?

a)

Married - Filing Separately

b)

Single

c)

Head of Household

d)

Divorced/Separated

e)

Married - Filing Jointly

25.

Social Security and Medicare help all of the following

a)

People of advanced age

b)

People with a disability

c)

Puppies

d)

Survivors

e)

Coworkers

26.

A person who qualifies for a single filing status must be:

a)

Unmarried

b)

Widowed with small children

c)

Divorced

d)

Legally separated

27.

Standard deductions are ________.

a)

set amount of money that is deleted from a person's taxes no matter their filing status.

b)

predetermined amounts of money that are added to a person's taxes based on filing status.

c)

blanket deductions based on a taxpayer's filing status, age and vision.

d)

random amounts of money that are taken from one person's taxes and added to another person's taxes.

28.

Which of these are types of itemized deductions?

a)

Medical expenses

b)

Work expenses

c)

Personal debt

d)

Charitable donations

e)

Property tax value

29.

What is an exemption?

a)

Additional taxes added to tax returns of people with large families.

b)

Deductions from income based on the number of people supported by a person's income.

c)

Money removed from your tax debt based on how many children you have.

d)

Additions to income based on the number of people supported by a person's income.

30.

Itemized deductions are ______________.

a)

Expenses that add to the money you owe to the government.

b)

Income level based lowering of tax debt.

c)

Money earned that pays off all your taxes.

d)

Personal expenditures that can be deducted from taxable income.

31.

The IRS is short for _______________.

a)

Internal Review Service

b)

Integral Revenue Search

c)

Internal Revenue Service

32.

What is a tax audit?

a)

Examination by the IRS to validate the accuracy of a given tax return.

b)

Unfair persecution of a person by the federal government.

c)

The government attempting to get more money out of its citizens.

33.

Which of these is a W2?

a)
b)
c)
34.

Which of these is a W4?

a)
b)
c)
35.

Which of these is the 1040?

a)
b)
c)