payroll tax
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payroll tax
A form of income tax that is levied on employees' salary or wages and paid directly by the employer to the tax office.
Die Höhe der Lohnsteuer wird auf der monatlichen Gehaltsabrechnung ausgewiesen.
The amount of payroll tax is shown on the monthly payslip.
'Lohnsteuer' is a compound noun made up of 'der Lohn' (wages/salary) and 'die Steuer' (tax paid to the state). So it is the tax you pay on your wages.
Jeder Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland muss Lohnsteuer zahlen.
Every employee in Germany has to pay payroll tax.
Common verbs in this context are 'Lohnsteuer zahlen' (to pay payroll tax) or 'Lohnsteuer abführen' (to remit payroll tax). The employer 'führt' the tax directly to the tax office for the employee 'ab' (remits it).
Mein Arbeitgeber führt die Lohnsteuer automatisch für mich ab.
My employer automatically remits the payroll tax for me.
This word is very important in the context of work and finances. You find it every month on your payslip, called a 'Gehaltsabrechnung' or 'Lohnabrechnung' in German.
Auf meiner Gehaltsabrechnung sehe ich genau, wie viel Lohnsteuer ich bezahle.
On my payslip, I can see exactly how much payroll tax I pay.
income tax
Einkommensteuer is generally levied on a person’s income. Lohnsteuer is the form of this tax that the employer withholds directly from an employee’s wages or salary and remits. Use Einkommensteuer for the tax as a whole, and Lohnsteuer for the amount withheld by the employer.
Marias Arbeitgeber behält die Lohnsteuer direkt von ihrem Monatsgehalt ein.
Maria’s employer withholds payroll tax directly from her monthly salary.
Maria zahlt Einkommensteuer auf ihr gesamtes zu versteuerndes Einkommen.
Maria pays income tax on all of her taxable income.
