system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How do you pay taxes in the US? If I owe $5000, for example, would I need to have a $5000 check ready on tax day?
gpt
For the vast majority of Americans income taxes are deducted automatically from their pay. At the end of the year you file the paperwork and usually get some money back from the IRS. (Most people deduct a little too much). If for some reason not enough was deducted then you'd owe taxes and you either send the IRS a check or work out some kind of payment plan.