PAYE stands for Pay As You Earn. It is a tax system, especially in Britain and some other countries, where tax is taken out of a worker's wages before the worker sees the money, and the employer sends that tax straight to the government.

PAYE stands for代表的是 Pay As You Earn(邊賺邊繳)。It is a tax system它是一種課稅制度, especially in Britain and some other countries尤其常見於英國和其他一些國家, where tax is taken out of a worker's wages在這個制度下,稅金會先從勞工的薪水裡扣掉 before the worker sees the money勞工還沒拿到錢之前就先扣了, and the employer sends that tax straight to the government雇主再把這筆稅直接繳給政府。

You do not get a big pile of pay and then remember to pay income tax later. Your payslip already shows money gone to tax, and often to national insurance too.

You do not get你不會先拿到 a big pile of pay一大筆薪水 and then remember to pay income tax later然後自己再想著要繳所得稅。Your payslip已經在你的薪資單上 already shows money gone to tax就看得到被扣去繳稅的金額, and often to national insurance too通常也會有一筆是繳國民保險的。

The idea is the same kind of thing as Taiwan's 就源扣繳, but the letters PAYE are a British label. You will meet them in UK job ads, UK payslips, and UK tax talk, not on a Taiwanese 薪資單.

The idea is the same kind of thing as這個概念跟 Taiwan's 就源扣繳台灣的就源扣繳一樣, but the letters PAYE are a British label只是 PAYE 這幾個字母是英國的說法。You will meet them你會在這些地方遇到它 in UK job ads英國的求職廣告裡, UK payslips英國的薪資單裡, and UK tax talk還有英國談稅務的場合裡, not on a Taiwanese 薪資單不會出現在台灣的薪資單上。

The United States usually says withholding instead. It is official language, said as four letters, not as a word that rhymes with pay.

The United States usually says美國通常會說 withholding扣繳 instead來代替。It is official language它是正式用語, said as four letters是一個字母一個字母唸出來的四個字母, not as a word that rhymes with pay不是唸成跟 pay 押韻的一個單字。

Though actually people still mix it up with payee — a completely different word meaning the person who receives money.

Though actually不過其實, people still mix it up with人們還是常常把它跟 payee(收款人)搞混, a completely different word meaning the person who receives money這是完全不同的一個字,指的是收錢的那個人。