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Taxation Law refers to any that arises from the 6. BIR rulings
exercise of the taxation power of the State.
Revenue Regulations are issuances signed by
TYPES OF TAXATION LAWS the Secretary of Finance upon
recommendation of the Commissioner of
1. Tax laws - Theses are laws that provide for the Internal Revenue (CIR) that specify prescribe,
assessment and collection of taxes. or define rules and regulations for the effective
Examples: enforcement of the provisions of the National
Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) and related
a. The National Internal Revenue Code statutes.
b. The Tariff and Customs Code Revenue Regulations are formal pronouncement
intended to clarify or explain the tax law and carry
c. The Local Tax Code into effects its general provisions by providing
details of administration and procedure. Revenue
d. The Real Property Tax Code
Regulation has the force and effect of a law, but is
2. Tax exemption laws - These are laws that grant not intended to expand or limit the application of
certain immunity from taxation. the law’ otherwise, it is void.
Philippines tax laws are civil and not political in 2) Property tax - a tax on properties, real or
nature. They are effective even during periods of personal
enemy occupation. They are laws of the occupied
3) Excise or privilege tax - a tax imposed upon
territory and not by the occupying enemy. Tax
the performance of an act, enjoyment of a
privilege or engagement in an occupation