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Activity One - Analyzing Your Pay Stub
This module identifies the different types of taxes and how taxes impact our finances.
Analyze this sample pay stub and answer the questions that follow.
Sample Pay Stub: https://lrccd.instructure.com/courses/159612/files/33420065/preview
Question 5:
Look at the lines that say HEALTH, DENTAL, and RETIREMENT. Which statement below is accurate?
a. Those lines represent taxes that Hope paid to the Federal government
b. Those lines represent taxes that Hope paid to the state government
c. Those lines represent benefits that the employer is paying to Hope in addition to her wages
d. Those lines represent insurance and retirement plans that Hope funds directly from her paycheck
Activity One - Analyzing Your Pay Stub
This module identifies the different types of taxes and how taxes impact our finances.
Analyze this sample pay stub and answer the questions that follow.
Sample Pay Stub: https://lrccd.instructure.com/courses/159612/files/33420065/preview
Question 4:
What was the largest deduction for this pay period?
a. FICA Medicare Tax
b. FICA Social Security Tax
c. Federal Tax
d. NC State Tax
Activity One - Analyzing Your Pay Stub
This module identifies the different types of taxes and how taxes impact our finances.
Analyze this sample pay stub and answer the questions that follow.
Sample Pay Stub: https://lrccd.instructure.com/courses/159612/files/33420065/preview
Question 3:
Which statement below accurately describes Hope's gross wages?
a. Gross wages are calculated by multiplying Hope’s hourly rate by the number of hours she worked
b. Gross wages are Hope’s fixed salary, which she receives for every pay period
c. Gross wages are calculated by subtracting all of Hope’s deductions from her gross income
d. Gross wages are how much Hope has earned over the course of the entire year
Activity One - Analyzing Your Pay Stub
This module identifies the different types of taxes and how taxes impact our finances.
Analyze this sample pay stub and answer the questions that follow.
Sample Pay Stub: https://lrccd.instructure.com/courses/159612/files/33420065/preview
Question 1:
About how frequently does Hope receive a paycheck?
a) Daily
b) Weekly
c) Every two weeks
d) Monthly
Activity One - Analyzing Your Pay StubThis module identifies the different types of taxes and how taxes impact our finances.
Instruction: Complete the Reading a Pay Stub interactive.
Extra Direction: Answer the following question as if you were a sophomore (15/16 years old) and learning about personal finance.
Link: http://www.tv411.org/finance/earning-spending/reading-pay-stub/activity/1/1
Question: Was any information from the interactive surprising to you?
Where Do Our Federal Taxes Go?
Most Americans do not know where our federal tax dollars go. The textbook chapter has a great link to an article on Federal Taxes
Context Link: https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go
Please read the article and identify one federal tax item you feel is the most important item that should be paid by your tax dollars. Please provide the reason why you selected this item as the most important.
Instructions:
- For this discussion board read the article - on Federal Taxes
- Research where your federal tax dollars go to.
- Identify one item you feel is the most important item for your dollars to be spent on.
- Please provide the reason why you selected this item as the most important.
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I. Determine the maximum speed reached by the car
Ii. Determine the distance travelled by the car before reaching maximum speed
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#340153 on Dec 2023