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Employment and
Budgeting
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Salary and Fringe Benefits
There are two basic types of job pay. A wage is an hourly payment of a
fixed amount, such as $9, for up to 40 hours. The overtime wage is usually 50% more.
A salary is a fixed annual amount, such as $18,720. A 40-hour week is normal, but extra work
may be required.
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Salary and Fringe Benefits
The job’s specifications and the worker’s experience determine starting pay.
Usually a worker receives a raise for good performance after an annual review.
Fringe benefits – Extra rewards given to workers in addition to salary or wages, such as insurance coverage and paid vacation.
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Salary and Fringe Benefits
An incomplete list of possible fringe benefits includes paid vacation
time paid sick time health insurance life insurance pension plan
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Payday
A payday is the day you are paid for work you have already performed.
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Pay Period
Pay Period – A length of time for which an employee’s wages are calculated.
Most businesses have weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly pay periods.
Most companies delay payday for a week or more to do proper record keeping.
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Paychecks and Paycheck Deductions
Your paycheck stub will state your gross pay, net pay, and deductions.
Gross Pay – The total amount of money earned during a pay period.
Net Pay – The amount of money left after all deductions have been taken from the gross pay.
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Paychecks and Paycheck Deductions
Common deductions are federal and state income taxes health insurance contributions charitable contributions social security and medicare taxes union dues and uniforms pensions and savings plans
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A Paycheck Stub
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Taxes
Paying taxes is one of your responsibilities as a wage earner.
Tax money pays for government services such as public education, the armed forces, and social security.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – The agency that enforces federal tax laws and collects taxes.
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Income Tax
Income Tax – A tax on all forms of earnings.
The federal government, most states, and many cities place a tax on income.
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Did You Know?
The nation’s first income tax was enacted by Congress to finance the Civil War.
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Social Security Tax
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) – An act that allows the federal government to reserve a percentage of a paycheck for social security tax.
Taxes for social security are figured as a percentage of earnings.
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Social Security Tax
The paycheck deduction for this tax appears under the heading of FICA.
Whatever the employee pays, the employer pays a matching amount.
Medicare is the part of social security that covers hospital and medical insurance.
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State Income Tax
If your state collects income tax, that return is due at the same time as the federal income tax return.
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Need for Money Management
How much you earn affects the wants and needs you are able to buy.
Budget – A plan for the use or management of money.
Spending habits can affect your budget more than the total income you have available.
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Did You Know?
The origin of the word “budget” is the Latin word “bulga.” A bulga was a small pouch that could be used to carry money or other items of value.
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Sources of Income
The first step in making a budget is to identify your steady sources of income.
Conservatively estimate income that varies, such as tips and gifts.
Knowing your expected income will help you know how much to plan for paying expenses.
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Types of Expenses
Fixed expense – Something for which a set amount of money must be paid regularly, such as rent, insurance, or tuition.
Flexible expense – An expense that varies in amount and does not occur on a regular basis, such as food, transportation, or entertainment.
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Think About It
When can savings be considered an expense?
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Did You Know?
Expenses are often identified by how frequently they occur:daily expenses – every dayweekly expenses – once a weekmonthly expenses – once a monthquarterly expenses – four times a yearsemiannual expenses – twice a yearannual expenses – once a year
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Types of Expenses
You have more control over flexible expenses because they often vary with your wants. can be adjusted.
Fixed expenses can be minimized by saving for a major purchase and paying the full amount instead of making monthly payments.
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How Do You Spend Your Money?
To use money wisely, you must know how much is spent on fixed and flexible expenses.
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A Spending Calendar
A spending calendar will help you track how you spend your money over time.
Record all expenses for each day in the calendar.
Total your expenses for each week and month.
After a month, the calendar will start to show your pattern of spending habits.
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A Spending Calendar
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri SatWee
kTotal
Savings$10.00Grocery$65.34
Lunch$5.00Gas$9.25
Lunch$5.00Movie$9.00
Lunch$6.35Gas$35.00
Lunch$5.00
Lunch$7.00Dinner$16.00
DVDs$26.95Clothes$34.34
$234.23
Savings$10.00Grocery$34.69
Lunch$6.35Cable$69.95
Lunch$5.00Movie$9.00
Lunch$7.00
Lunch$5.00Gas$8.75
Lunch$5.00Dinner$25.00
Gift$25.00
$210.74
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How Do You Want to Spend Your Money?
A good money management system helps you use your income to obtain your “wants” and reach your goals.
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A “Want” List
Create a list of things you want. Your want list should contain two
columns, labeled now and later. The now column is for items you
want within a year. The later column is for long-range
goals that take more than a year to acquire.
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A “Want” List
Now Cost Later CostDVD box set
Hardcover book
Concert tickets
Concert T-shirt
Weekend trip
$69.95
$24.95
$100.00
$30.00
$150.00
Used car
New computer
Trip to Europe
Complete works of favorite
author in hardcover
$5,000.00
$1,500.00
$1,000.00
$300.00
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Think About It
Which items on your “want” list are most important? are least important?
Which items would you eliminate if you needed to reduce expenses?
How do you plan to pay for the items on your “want” list?
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Planning a Budget
Your budget is your personal guide to spending and saving.
Begin by reviewing your spending calendar to see how you spend money.
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Planning a Budget
Also review your “want” list to focus on your goals.
For a workable budget, your estimated income must equal or exceed expenses.
Once a budget is planned, try to follow it, but change it when necessary.
There are five guidelines for planning a good budget.
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Planning a Budget
1. Estimate your income.2. List your fixed expenses.3. Review your short-term and long-
term goals.4. Estimate your flexible expenses.5. Set aside a portion of each
paycheck for savings and miscellaneous expenses.
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Think About It
What changes might you make in your expenses in the following cases? Your income decreases. Your income increases.
How would your budget change if one or more of your fixed expenses increased?