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Should be paid using this tax system, middlemen suggested (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

payee

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'paid using this tax system middlemen suggested' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'should be' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'be' could be 'pay' (paying is a kind of being) and 'pay' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ee' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for payee that I've seen before include "One receiving money" , "I'll get ready" , "Recipient of money" , "He gets the dough" , "Person getting the money" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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