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Taxes Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of income is used to look up your "tax" in the tax table?

a)

Adjusted gross income

b)

Taxable income

c)

Gross income

d)

Net income

2.

Wages, salary, tips, and "other compensation"

a)

Taxable income

b)

Gross income

3.

Which of the following is NOT an income tax filing status?

a)

Single

b)

Married filing joint

c)

Divorced

d)

Head of household

4.

An examination of tax returns by the IRS is called ___.

a)

Tax evasion

b)

Audit

c)

Tax bracket

d)

Itemization

5.

Gross income-adjustments

a)

Adjusted gross pay

b)

Net pay

6.

Which of the following is NOT a part of taxable income?

a)

Tips

b)

Interest earned

c)

Child support

d)

Dividends

7.

Expenses that law allows you to subtract from your adjusted gross income

a)

Deductions

b)

Exemptions

8.

"Married filing jointly" is an example of a(n)...

a)

Benefit

b)

Filing status

c)

Personal exemption

d)

Deduction

9.

Willful failure to pay taxes is a crime known as...

a)

Tax evasion

b)

Fraud

c)

Voluntary compliance

d)

Auditing

10.

Gross pay-deductions

a)

Net Pay

b)

Adjusted gross pay

11.

Which of the following expenses is a deduction that is "itemizable"?

a)

Medical expenses

b)

Property taxes

c)

Charitable donations

d)

All of the above

12.

Which of the following circumstances are exempt from paying taxes?

a)

Someone whose earned income was less than $13,850 for the year

b)

Someone who can be claimed as a dependent on someone else's taxes

c)

Someone who is over the age of 65

d)

All of the above

13.

The formal term used for one of six possible categories a tax payer can fall into

a)

Tax bracket

b)

Filing status

14.

Taxes that take a larger share of income as the amount of income grows. Ex. Income tax

a)

Progressive

b)

Regressive

c)

Exemptions

d)

Net Pay

15.

An amount you may subtract from your income for each person who depends on your income to live.

a)

Alimony

b)

Child Support

c)

Exemptions

d)

Deductions

16.

Taxable income is...

a)

adjusted gross income-deductions

b)

adjusted gross income -tax credits

c)

adjusted gross income-deductions and tax credits

d)

adjusted gross income-exemptions

17.

Money paid to support a former spouse for the maintenance of a 'personal lifestyle'.

a)

Alimony

b)

Child Support

c)

Exemptions

d)

Deductions

18.

Expenses the law allows you to subtract from your adjusted gross income.

a)

Deductions

b)

Exemptions

c)

Alimony

d)

Net Pay

19.

The formal term used for one of six possible categories that a taxpayer can fall into with regard to their personal tax debt.

a)

Tax bracket

b)

Filing status

c)

Form 1040

d)

Form 1099

20.

Listing allowable expenses on your tax return.

a)

Itemizing

b)

Exemptions

c)

Deductions

d)

Alimony

21.

A form that reports income from dividends, interest, unemployment and/or social security.

a)

Form 1099

b)

Form 1040

c)

W-2

d)

Net Pay

22.

What is income tax primarily based on?

a)

The value of one's property

b)

The total amount of money earned from employment

c)

The total sales a business makes in a year

d)

The amount of inheritance one receives

23.

What is the term for a tax system where the tax rate decreases as the taxable amount increases?

a)

Progressive

b)

Regressive

c)

Flat

d)

Proportional

24.

Which form is used to report wages paid to employees and the taxes withheld from them?

a)

Form 1099

b)

Form 1040

c)

W-2

d)

Form 1098

25.

What is the term for the total income earned before any deductions or taxes are applied?

a)

Net income

b)

Gross income

c)

Adjusted gross income

d)

Taxable income

26.

Which of the following is considered a tax credit?

a)

Child tax credit

b)

Standard deduction

c)

Personal exemption

d)

Itemized deduction

27.

Taxes that take a smaller share of

income as the amount of income

grows.

a)

Progressive

b)

Regressive

28.

What is the term for the amount of money left after all taxes and deductions are taken from your paycheck?

a)

Gross pay

b)

Net pay

c)

Adjusted gross income

d)

Taxable income

29.

Taxes that take a larger share of

income as the amount of income

grows.

a)

Progressive

b)

Regressive

30.

An amount you may subtract from

your income for each person who

depends on your income to live.

a)

Deductions

b)

Exemptions