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What are special tax jurisdictions?

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You see that some jurisdictions are categorized as a "special jurisdiction" and you want to know what that means.

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  • A special tax jurisdiction is a jurisdiction which is not possible to categorize as a State, Province, City, or County jurisdiction, typically they jurisdictions which cover a geographic area which is different than the city, county, or state geographic jurisdiction.