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withholding

withholding

7 6.7
Money that an employer takes from an employee's pay and sends to the government
  • noun
  • /wɪðˈhoʊldɪŋ/
  • Specialized
: retención
  • The tax credit was made available through new tax withholding tables issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
  • withholding tax
  • payroll withholding
  • withholding rate

Well, if you're going to be paying yourself monthly, which you generally would be, you need to do monthly tax deposits for your employee withholdings.

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Examples

  • Taxpayers can adjust their withholding by filing a new W-4 form with their employer.

    Blog text (18)

  • Due to the withholding system, foreign non-residents were forced to pay heavier taxes than residents on this income.

    Academic text (2018)

  • I got stuck this year paying, as my withholding did not quite cover it.

    Blog text (16)

  • And she said if you want to not have to do that, you can opt with your job to do extra withholding, which I did.

  • The majority of those people are employed, who pay with their withholding taxes and pay their property tax.

    Blog text (22)

  • In other words, the Secretary has the authority to determine how much withholding is "appropriate" for different wage levels.

    Blog text (17)

  • George said the problems will continue if workers don't adjust their withholding for next year.

    Blog text (18)

  • The 2 percent payroll tax break would lapse, raising tax withholding on more than 120 million working households.

    Blog text (4)

  • Similar to Philadelphia, St. Louis collects taxes through a withholding mechanism and a mandated filing requirement if the taxpayer's tax due was not withheld.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The new employer informed us about the changes in the tax withholding for the upcoming year.

Synonyms

withholding tax
vswithholding
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A tax taken from an employee's pay by the employer and sent to the government

refers to the amount taken from pay, usually a tax, not only the tax itself

Antonyms

refund
115 1.1

Money given back when someone paid too much or is not happy with what they bought

Compounds

withholding tax
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A tax taken from an employee's pay by the employer and sent to the government

Surface Forms

withholding singular
withholdings plural

Morphology

withholding = withhold (opaque) = with + hold + ing

The meaning of 'withholding' as a noun related to tax is not directly derivable from 'withhold' + 'ing'.

Etymology

Withholding comes from the verb withhold, which is two parts: with- meaning 'back' or 'against' and hold meaning 'keep'. So a tax withholding is money your employer 'holds back' from your pay and sends to the government.