Accounting Dictionary - Letter W

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Withholding tax
is a deduction from employee salaries for federal and state income taxes made by an employer. The employer remits withholding taxes to IRS (e.g., electronic funds transfer) or deposits them into the designated bank on a periodic basis.
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