Dad's half yearly bill from the tax man? (4)
I believe the answer is:
paye
'tax man?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'dad's half yearly bill' is the wordplay.
'dad' becomes 'pa' (both can mean one's father).
'half' indicates taking half.
'yearly bill' becomes 'aye' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pa' cut in half is 'p'.
'p'+'aye'='PAYE'
'from the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paye that I've seen before include "Tax system for Joe Soap" , "System of withholding tax" , "The tax system for the working man" , "Plain man's income tax system" , "The working persons' tax system" .)