Question

You're most likely to pay your county or town taxes in the form of a/an _______ tax.

Answer 1

Taxes can be paid on many levels; the federal level (to the central government), on the state level or on a county level.

The tax paid on the county level is the property tax: this is the correct answer.
On the state level the tax that is collected is the  sales tax.

Income and excise taxes are collected on the federal level.