system
A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
No, your employer pays a payroll tax and then you pay for your own income tax. Its completely stupid and only exists this way so HR block can make bank.
gpt
"Payroll tax" , from the lens of an employee, is a phrase synonymous with all the taxes that appear on a paystub. This usually includes:

* Medicare

* Social security

* Federal income tax (W4)

As an employee, you decide how much of your federal income tax you'd like to be withheld from your paycheck. 

* If you hold too much, you get a refund at tax season.

* If you hold too little, you owe at tax season.

Federal income tax withholding makes up the VAST majority of dollars taxed on your paycheck. These are your income taxes.

The American system does not tax income twice, as the meme suggests, once on your check and once at tax time.