payroll tax
noun
1
: a tax that is paid by a company and that is based on the amount of money that the company spends paying all of its employees
2
: money that is taken from a person's pay and given directly to the government as income tax
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That can mean lifting or eliminating the payroll tax cap, taxing some forms of capital income, or other approaches.
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Dan Doonan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Grasp the nettle of Social Security reform and redesign the payroll tax, which kicks in at the first dollar of earnings.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
To determine the numbers, GOBankingRates used 2025 federal and state tax bracket data from the Tax Foundation and payroll tax rates from the Social Security Administration.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
Other possibilities include adjusting eligibility requirements or experimenting with alternatives that create higher annual returns for the system and allow individuals to invest a small portion of their payroll tax contributions in private retirement accounts.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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Dan Doonan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Grasp the nettle of Social Security reform and redesign the payroll tax, which kicks in at the first dollar of earnings.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
To determine the numbers, GOBankingRates used 2025 federal and state tax bracket data from the Tax Foundation and payroll tax rates from the Social Security Administration.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
Other possibilities include adjusting eligibility requirements or experimenting with alternatives that create higher annual returns for the system and allow individuals to invest a small portion of their payroll tax contributions in private retirement accounts.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Payroll tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payroll%20tax. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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