federal income tax

noun [C or U] GOVERNMENT, TAX

Definition

› a tax on workers' salaries or companies' profits that is paid to the US government: Some investment funds are exempt from federal income tax. → Compare state income tax

(Definition of federal income tax noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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