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

Examples of payroll tax in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For payroll tax issues, the company will assign you to an attorney and senior case manager. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Proposals by Larson and Senators Bernie Sanders and Sheldon Whitehouse would uncap the payroll tax (with a doughnut hole) and raise taxes on investment income. — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Congress has changed Social Security many times over its nearly 90-year history—payroll tax increases, expansion of disability coverage, and a rise in the retirement age, to name a few. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 July 2026

Oregon's Measure 120, which would have increased the state's fuel tax and public transportation payroll tax, was rejected overwhelmingly by voters in May. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Rhymes for payroll tax

• almanacs
• carrybacks
• haversacks
• lumberjacks
• maniacs
• microcracks
• minimax
• paperbacks
• parallax
• quarterbacks
• sticklebacks
• telefax

Legal Definition

payroll tax

noun

pay·​roll tax

: a tax that is levied as a percentage of an employee's pay and is usually paid by the employer