state tax
noun[CorU]
GOVERNMENT,TAXukusin the US, ataxthat youpayto thegovernmentof astateratherthan to thenationalgovernment:
a state tax on sthTherecurrentlyare nostatetaxesongambling.
Alabamaresidentspaidonaverage$89 more instatetaxeslastyearthantheirneighborsto thenorth.
Thecutscome because of aweakeconomyand asubsequentdeclineinstatetaxcollections.
Compare
federal tax
ataxthat youpayto thegovernment:
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