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# Glossary

This glossary defines the terms of the Settings documentation.

## B

### Business entity

A legal or billing entity under an organization.

See [Organization versus business entity](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/business-entity#organization-versus-business-entity).

## J

### Jurisdiction

The geographic area that a tax rate covers.

See [Jurisdictions](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-rates#jurisdictions).

## R

### Rate change

One dated entry of a tax rate.

See [Rate changes](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-rates#rate-changes).

## S

### Served country

A country in which a business entity bills customers.

See [Served countries and tax engines](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-configuration#served-countries-and-tax-engines).

## T

### Tax category

A classification of products based on how they are taxed.

See [Tax categories: how products are taxed](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-configuration#tax-categories-how-products-are-taxed).

### Tax component

A named percentage within a rate change.

See [Tax components](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-rates#tax-components).

### Tax engine

The system that calculates tax for a served country.

See [Tax engines](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-configuration#tax-engines).

### Tax rate

The set of percentages that the Zenskar [tax engine](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/glossary#tax-engine) applies to one [tax category](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/glossary#tax-category) in one jurisdiction.

See [Tax rates: what the Zenskar tax engine applies](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-rates#tax-rates-what-the-zenskar-tax-engine-applies).

### Third-party tax code

The code that a third-party tax engine uses to classify a product for tax purposes.

See [Third-party tax codes](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-configuration#third-party-tax-codes).

## Related topics

* [Business entity](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/business-entity)
* [Tax configuration](/docs/20260301/product-modules/settings/tax-configuration/concepts/tax-configuration)


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