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Salary inversion. Salary inversion refers to situations in which the starting salaries for new recruits to an organization increase faster than those for existing employees, and consequently junior employees out-earn their senior colleagues. It typically happens in areas where the demand for suitably qualified professionals exceeds the supply ...
In accounting, salaries are recorded in payroll accounts. [1] A salary is a fixed amount of money or compensation paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed. Salary is commonly paid in fixed intervals, for example, monthly payments of one-twelfth of the annual salary.
Tax withholding, also known as tax retention, pay-as-you-earn tax or tax deduction at source, is income tax paid to the government by the payer of the income rather than by the recipient of the income. The tax is thus withheld or deducted from the income due to the recipient. In most jurisdictions, tax withholding applies to employment income.
Employees pay 7.8% of their wage and employers contribute 11.5% of the corresponding wage. Value added tax applies to most sales of goods and services. The standard rate applies at 19% in 2014, up from 17% since 2013. A lower rate of 9% applies to groceries, books and hotel services.