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TAX I SYLLABUS

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION

1. DEFINITION AND CONCEPTS OF TAXATION


2. NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TAXATION
3. THEORY AND BASIS OF TAXATION
a. LIFEBLOOD THEORY
b. NECESSITY THEORY
c. BENEFITS-PROTECTION THEORY
d. JURISDICTION OVER SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS

“The power to tax is the power to destroy”

CIR vs. Algue, Inc., GR No. L-28896, Feb. 17, 1988


Roxas vs. CTA, GR No. L-25043, April 26, 1968
Sison, Jr. vs. Ancheta, GR No. L-59431, July 25, 1984
Tan Tiong Bio vs. CIR, GR No. L-15778
BPI Family Savings Bank vs. CA et. Al., 330 SCRA 507, GR No. 122480, April 12,
2000
Cebu Portland Cement v. CTA, L-29059, 15 Dec 1987, 156 SCRA 535
Gomez vs. Palomar, GR No. L-23645, Oct. 29, 1968

4. PURPOSE OF TAXATION
a. Primary Purpose
b. Secondary/Sumptuary Purposes

Philippine Airlines, Inc. vs. Edu, GR No. L-41383, Aug. 15, 1988
Osmena vs. Orbos, GR No. 99886, March 31, 1993
Caltex Phils., Inc. vs. COA, GR No. 92585, May 8, 1992

5. PRINCIPLES OF A SOUND TAX SYSTEM


a. Fiscal Adequacy
b. Administrative Feasibility
c. Theoretical Justice

6. ASPECTS or STAGES OF TAXATION


a. Levy
Tan vs. Del Rosario, Jr., GR No. 109289, Oct. 3, 1994
b. Assessment and Collection
c. Payment
d. Refund
7. TAXATION COMPARED TO POLICE POWER AND EMINENT DOMAIN
8. DOUBLE TAXATION
a. Kinds
b. Modes of eliminating double taxation
i. Tax Deduction
ii. Tax Credit
iii. Tax Treaties (RMO No. 72-2010 dated Aug. 25, 2010 and RMO No. 8-2017 dated
October 24, 2010)

CIR vs. Solidbank, GR No. 148191 November 25, 2003


Nursery Care Corporation vs. Acevedo, GR No. 180651 July 30, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG Manila Branch vs. CIR GR No. 188660 August 19, 2013
CIR vs. S.C. Johnson and Sons, Inc., GR No. 127105 June 25, 1999
CIR vs. Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., GR No. 207039 August 14, 2019
City of Manila vs. Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., G.R. No. 181845, August 4,
2009
9. TAXES
a. DEFINITION
b. COMPARED TO:
i. License Fees/Charges

PAL vs. Edu, GR No. L-41383, Aug. 15, 1988


Progressive Development Corporation vs. Quezon City, GR No. L-36081,
April 24, 1989
Ferrer, Jr. vs. Bautista, GR No. 210551 dated June 30, 2015
ii. Special Assessment (Sec. 240, Local Government Code)

Republic vs. Bacolod-Murcia Milling Co. Inc., GR No. L-19824-26 dated


July 9, 1966
iii. Toll Fees
Diaz vs. Secretary of Finance, GR No. 193007, July 19, 2011
iv. Customs Duties
Garcia vs. The Executive Secretary, GR No. 101273 dated July 3, 199
v. Debt
a) Rule on Compensation under the Civil Code
b) Are taxes subject to set-off?
Francia vs. IAC, GR No. 67649 dated June 28, 1988
Philex Mining vs. CIR, GR No. 125704 dated August 28, 1988
Domingo vs. Garlitos, GR No. L-18994 dated June 29, 1963
Air Canada vs. CIR, GR No. 169507 dated January 11, 2016
c. CLASSIFICATION/KINDS OF TAXES:
i. As to subject matter
ii. As to incidence
Maceda vs. Macaraeg G.R. No. 88291 May 31, 1991
iii. As to amount
Tan vs. Mun of Pagbilao GR No. 14264, April 30, 1963
iv. As to rate/progression
v. As to authority imposing the tax

10. TAXPAYER’S SUIT


Mamba vs. Lara, GR No. 165109 December 14, 2009
Land Bank of the Philippines vs. Cacayuran, GR No. 191667 April 17, 2013

11. CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICABILITY OF TAX LAWS


CIR vs. CA, GR No. 115349 dated April 18, 1997
Manila International Airport Authority vs. CA, GR No. 155650 dated July 20, 2006

12. LAWS vs. REGUlATION


Secretary of Finance vs. Philippine Tobacco Institute, Inc., GR No. 210251 dated
April 17, 2017

13. MODES OF ESCAPE FROM TAXATION


a. Tax Evasion
b. Tax Avoidance
CIR vs. The Estate of Benigno Toda, Jr., GR No. 147188 September 14,
2004
Delpher Trades Corporation vs. IAC, GR No. 69259 dated January 26, 1988
c. Tax Amnesty
i. Nature and Benefits
ii. Current Amnesty Law – RA No. 11213 dated Feb. 14, 2019
d. Tax Exemption
e. Compromise
f. Abatement
g. Shifting
h. Capitalization
i. Transformation

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