Fissured tongue is a condition frequently seen in the general population that is characterized by grooves that vary in depth and are noted along the dorsal and lateral aspects of the tongue, as shown in the image below. Fissured tongue. Courtesy of Kozlovsk (own work), via Wikimedia Commons.
There can be a big difference between the gross amount your employer pays and the amount you actually see in your paycheck. The gross base pay is the amount your employer actually paid to employ you for the standard hours you worked during the pay period. Your net pay, on the other hand, is the amount left over after all taxes, health insurance premiums, retirement plan contributions and other deductions have been taken out.
Gross Pay. Gross pay represents the total amount paid by a company to its employees. Gross pay does not take into account any pretax deductions or other exemptions from income. For example, if your company pays an employee $4,000 each month, the employee's gross wages for the year equal $48,000. Typically, the gross pay is not found on the Form W-2 because of the various pretax deductions. Instead, the gross pay can be found on the employee's final pay stub for the year. W-2 Wages for Income Taxes. In box 1 of the Form W-2, your company reports the total taxable wages of the employee for IRS record keeping. When you calculate this number, take out any pretax deductions from an employee's pay because they do not count as income for federal income taxes.