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Tax Notes Revised
Tax Notes Revised
Tax Notes Revised
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AMOUNT
EXACTION
BENEFITS
TAXATION
POLICE POWER
For
revenue Promote public
raising
welfare through
regulation
OF No limits
Limited to cost
of
regulation,
issuance
of
license,
or
surveillance
No
direct No direct benefit
TAXATION
PURPOSE
COMPENSATION
Payment o taxes
accrues to the
general benefit
of the citizens
PERSONS
AFFECTED
are
received
through
the
exercise of PP,
yet a healthy
economic
standard
of
society
is
maintained
Allows merely
the restraint on
the exercise of
property rights
EMINENT
DOMAIN
Taking
of
property
for
public use
Compensation is
given to the
owner of the
expropriated
property
Particular
property
is
comprehended
All
persons,
property
and
end
exercise
which
are
subject thereto
E. Purpose of taxation
a. Revenue raising-primary purpose is to
raise funds or property to enable the
state to promote the general welfare
and protection of its citizen
b. Non-revenue/special or regulatory
(Secondary)
i. Reduction of social inequity
through progressive system of
taxation
PURPOSE
benefits
is
received by the
taxpayer other
than that the
government
secures to the
citizen
that
general benefit
resulting from
protection of his
person
and
property
and
welfare of all
SUPERIORITY OF Recognizes the
CONTRACTS
obligations
imposed
by
contracts
TRANSFER
OF Paid to form part
PROPERTY
of public funds
RIGHTS
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a. Within
the
same
jurisdiction
b. During
the
same
taxing
period
c. Covering
the
same kind or
character of tax
ii. Broad sense (Indirect Duplicate
Taxation)-the permissible kind
of double taxation. This arises
in the absence of one or more
of
the
above-mentioned
elements of direct double
taxation
iii. Constitutionality of double
taxation-is
not
expressly
forbidden in our Constitution,
but the Court has recognized it
as obnoxious where the
taxpayer is taxed twice for the
benefit
of
the
same
governmental entity or by the
same jurisdiction or for the
same purpose. However DT
will not be allowed if it results
to violation of equal protection
clause.
iv. Modes of eliminating double
taxation (CD-RET)
1. Tax Credit-an amount
subtracted from the
individual or entitys tax
liability to arrive at a
total tax liability
2. Tax
Deductions-an
amount of tax is written
off or treated from an
individuals or entity;s
GROSS INCOME on
which resulting amount
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2. Backward shifting-when
the
burden
is
transferred
from
consumer through the
factors of distribution
to the factors of
production.
3. Onward shifting-when
the tax is shifted 2 or
more times either
forward or backward.
ii. Taxes that can be shifted-only
indirect taxes may be shifted.
Indirect taxes are those that are
demanded in the first instance
from one person in the
expectation or intention that he
can shift the burden to
someone else, not as tax but as
a part of the purchase price.
(e.g. VAT, excise tax, other
percentage tax, documentary
stamp.) The liability for the
payment of the tax remains
with the taxpayer but the
burden thereof is shifted or
passed on the purchaser.
iii. Meaning of Impact and
incidence of taxation
1. Impact of taxation-is
the point on which tax
is originally imposed or
the one whom the tax
is formally assessed.
2. Incidence of taxation-is
the point which the tax
burden finally rest or
settles.
b. Tax
avoidance-Also
called
tax
minimization, it is the exploitation by
the taxpayer of legality permissible
alternative tax rates or methods of
assessing taxable property or income, in
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TAX EVASION
Illegal and subject to
criminal penalty
Absence of tax payment
Scheme used outside of
those lawful means when
availed of to lessen or to
J.
ELEMENTS OF TAXATION
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TAX EXEMPTION
IMMUNITY
Both
criminal Civil only
and civil
PERSON
AFFECTED
APPLICATION
Retrospective
Prospective
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