10/22/2026
Tax trivia Thursday! Before 1943, most American workers paid their income tax in one annual lump sum. Then the Current Tax Payment Act introduced pay-as-you-go withholding, so employers began taking tax out of each paycheck starting July 1, 1943. Every pay stub you have ever seen traces back to that change.
Pay stubs have a longer history than most of us realized. 😄 Questions about your own withholding? We are happy to help.