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payroll tax
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
payroll tax
(noun)
payroll tax
noun
plural
payroll taxes
payroll tax
noun
plural
payroll taxes
Britannica Dictionary definition of PAYROLL TAX
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1
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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
:
withholding tax
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