state tax
noun [ C or U ]
GOVERNMENT, TAX ukusin the US, a tax that you pay to the government of a state rather than to the national government:
a state tax on sth There currently are no state taxes on gambling.
Alabama residents paid on average $89 more in state taxes last year than their neighbors to the north.
The cuts come because of a weak economy and a subsequent decline in state tax collections.
Compare
federal tax
a tax that you pay to the government:
a state tax on sth The tax minister said there would be no cut in state taxes on diesel fuel.