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I. HISTORY OF TAXATION
II. DEFINITION OF TAXATION
i. Taxation vis-à-vis Tax
Southern Luzon Drug Corporation v. DSWD, et. al., G.R. No. 199669,
April 25, 2017
Paseo Realty and Development Corporation v. CA, G.R. No. 119286,
October 13, 2004.
Pelizloy Realty Corporation v. Province of Benguet, G.R. No. 183137,
April 10, 2013.
iii. Subject to constitutional and inherent limitations (see discussion outline below)
Doctrines of Taxation
1. Prospectivity of tax laws
a. Revenue Regulations
Non-retroactivity
Cases:
CIR v. Filinvest Dev't. Corp., 654 SCRA 56
b. BIR Rulings or Administrative Rulings
Cases:
Team Energy Corp. v. CIR, GR No. 197760
CIR v. Burroughs, Inc., 142 SCRA 324
2. Imprescriptibility of taxes
3. Principle of Exhaustion of Administrative remedies in taxation
Cases:
Silicon Phils., Inc. v. CIR, 717 SCRA 30
City of Lapu-Lapu v. PEZA, 742 SCRA 524
Comm. Of Customs v. Oilink Int'l. Corp., 728 SCRA
469
2. Indirect
a. Due process of law
Chamber of Real Estate and Builders’ Associations’ Inc. v. Romulo et. al., G.R.
No. 160756, March 9, 2010
PB Communications v. CIR, 302 SCRA 241
Tanada v. Tuvera, 136 SCRA 27
CIR v. Metro Star Superama, Inc., 637 SCRA 633
Cases:
Batangas Power Corp. v. Batangas City & NPC, GR No. 152675, April 28,
2004
Tolentino v. Sec. Of Finance, 235 SCRA 630
CIR v. MERALCO, 725 SCRA 384
Western Minolco Corp. v. CIR, 124 SCRA 121
Provincial Treasurer of Province of Misamis Oriental v. Cagayan Electric
Power & Light Co., Inc., 181 SCRA 38
Philex Mining Corp. v. CIR, 294 SCRA 687
CIR v. Citytrust Banking Corporation, 499 SCRA 477
Compromise
Wonder Mechanical Engineering Corp. v. CA, 64 SCRA 555
Tax Amnesty
People v. Castañeda, 165 SCRA 327
Asia International Auctioneers, Inc. v. CIR, 682 SCRA 49
Special Economic Zone v. Lim, 414 SCRA 356