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employers pay payroll taxes. not the tax that gets taken out of your check -- there's an additional tax they pay for every dollar they pay you.

Those taxes are for Medicare and Social Security. That money has to come from somewhere, or those programs fall apart.

Even if other corporate taxes were reduced or eliminated, payroll taxes would need to continue.

It could come from income taxes though.

> payroll taxes would need to continue.

I believe you mean that the revenue currently generated by payroll taxes would need to continue.

But they aren't taxed on the additional tax, that's part of their expenses.