local tax

local tax
A tax imposed in and for the benefit of a municipality, county, town, or district as distinguished from a state tax or tax of general application throughout the state. People ex rel. Pratt Institute v Assessors of Brooklyn, 141 NY 476, 477, 36 NE 508. See special assessment.

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