Country wants tax to come down (8)
I believe the answer is:
scotland
'country' is the definition.
(Scotland is an example)
'tax to come down' is the wordplay.
'tax' becomes 'scot' (I've seen this before).
'to come down' becomes 'land' (I've seen this before).
'scot'+'land'='SCOTLAND'
'wants' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for scotland that I've seen before include "The country of strange cold ants" , "Land of clans and kilts" , "Clans dot the country, oddly" , "Semi-autonomous region of the UK" , "North of the border" .)