Social Security and Personal Income tax are called Payroll taxes because _____.

Social Security and personal income taxes are called payroll taxes because they are typically withheld directly from an employee’s paycheck by the employer. This matches choice B, “they are automatically deducted from payroll.” They are not called payroll taxes because they balance a national payroll budget or must be paid before a worker can collect a paycheck.

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