payroll tax

American  

noun

1. a tax levied against the amount of wages and salaries paid workers.

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Etymology

Origin of payroll tax

First recorded in 1980–85

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Example Sentences

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payroll tax

Right now, the payroll tax is only applied to traditional wages.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The program is funded by a payroll tax of 12.4%, borne equally by employer and employee and applied to the first $184,500 of taxable income.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Originally, the bill called for raising the payroll tax rate by one-tenth of a percentage point a year, to an employer/employee combined 14.8% by the 2040.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Businesses are going to make a fortune, and that's why you cannot continue to have a payroll tax system that taxes jobs and then subsidizes automation," the governor said in a statement.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

It is strange to suggest that payroll tax reduction can only be justified by reduction of benefits.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus

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