Oh, so there's a large employment tax that's paid by the employer? I'm confused by your use of "withheld", which implies you might get it back at tax time. Also

Oh, so there's a large employment tax that's paid by the employer? I'm confused by your use of "withheld", which implies you might get it back at tax time. Also, if it's paid by the employer than I wouldn't call it being "withheld", I would just call it a tax paid by the employer. In the US anyway, there's a similar tax on employment that's paid by the employer but you never see it on your paycheck. You do have to pay it if you're self-employed though. Is that true in Singapore as well?