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Are payroll withholding taxes an expense or a liability?

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Question added by Majid Wangade , Senior Accountant , KANTOUR LIMITED COMPANY ( Real Estate, Construction and Asset Management )
Date Posted: 2016/02/14
Abdallah Ramadan
by Abdallah Ramadan , Account Manager , شركة المعماري للبتروكيماويات

that depend on who will pay the tax 

if its deducted from the employees then it's a liability

if its the company to pay tax and the employees  received there salary as it is then it's an expense  

Iwan van Zyl
by Iwan van Zyl , Owner , Iwan JJ van Zyl Accountants

It will be an expense as part of salaries and wages and will be a liability until it is paid to the tax authority.

Sultan Alghamdi
by Sultan Alghamdi

Payroll taxes withheld from employees' are liabilities of the employer. 

Mahmoud Samir Mossilhy Abu Elfadl
by Mahmoud Samir Mossilhy Abu Elfadl , Senior Accoutant , Mashreq Arabia for Techno Investment

I think after all it is just taxes , therefore it is expenses. 

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