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Recipient of income tax, note (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

payee

'recipient' is the definition.
(I know that payee is a type of recipient)

'income tax note' is the wordplay.
'income tax' becomes 'PAYE' (PAYE is an example).
'note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'paye'+'e'='PAYEE'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for payee that I've seen before include "The one to whom cheque is made out" , "Beneficiary" , "Receiver of money" , "One receiving money" , "Recipient of money" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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