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Constitutional Limitations On The Power of Taxation
Constitutional Limitations On The Power of Taxation
limitations on the
power of taxation
Limitations
1. Due process
2. Equal Protection
3. Religious Freedom
4. Non-Impairment of Contracts
5. Prohibition Against Imprisonment for Nonpayment of Poll
Tax
6. Uniformity and Equality of Taxation and Progressive System
of Taxation
7. Delegated Authority to the President to Impose Tariff Rates
8. Prohibition Against Taxation of Real Property of Charitable
Institutions, Churches, Parsonages or Convents, Mosques,
and Non-Profit Cemeteries
Limitations
9. Prohibition Against Taxation of Non-stock, Non-Profit
Educational Institutions
10. Majority Vote of Congress for Grants of Tax Exemption
11. Prohibition on Use of Tax Levied for Special Purpose
12. Tax Bills Should Originate Exclusively in the House of
Representatives
13. President’s Veto Power on Appropriation, Revenue, and Tariff
Bills
14. Judicial Power to Review Legality of Tax
15. Grant of Power to the Local Government Units to Create Its
Own Sources of Revenue
Article iii, section 1
SECTION 1. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty,
purposes shall be exempt from taxes and duties. Upon the dissolution or cessation