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If you’re an employee, then your employer is responsible for withholding taxes from your wages before giving you what’s left over as your paycheck. But if you’re an independent contractor or business owner, then no one is withholding taxes for you. In that situation, the IRS doesn’t want you to wait all year before paying your taxes. Instead, you’re required to pay the year’s taxes in four quarterly installments.