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Income Taxation
NON IMPAIRMENT OF THE CONTRACTS
INCOME TAXATION
EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXATION
INCOME TAXATION
EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXATION
INCOME TAXATION
EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXATION
INCOME TAXATION
EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXATION
INCOME TAXATION
EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAXATION
INCOME TAXATION
PUBLIC MONEY NOT FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
INCOME TAXATION
PUBLIC MONEY NOT FOR RELIGIOUS
PURPOSES
• priest, preacher, minister or other
religious teacher or dignitary as such,
except when such priest, preacher,
minister or dignitary is assigned to the
armed forces or to any penal institution,
or government orphanage or
leprosarium.”
INCOME TAXATION
PUBLIC MONEY NOT FOR RELIGIOUS
PURPOSES
• This limitation is fundamentally
supported by the principle that taxes can
be levied for public purposes. Thus, the
Congress has no power to appropriate
funds for private purposes with the
exception specified in the above-cited
Constitutional provision.
INCOME TAXATION
PUBLIC MONEY NOT FOR RELIGIOUS
PURPOSES
• The doctrine stated above is to further
stress the principle of the separation of
the church and the State.
• In concurrence with the Constitution, the
State shall have no official religion, or
shall not set up a church, whether or not
supported with public funds or prefer one
religion over another.
INCOME TAXATION
PUBLIC MONEY NOT FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
INCOME TAXATION
CONGRESS GRANTING TAX EXEMPTION
INCOME TAXATION
CONGRESS GRANTING TAX EXEMPTION
INCOME TAXATION
CONGRESS GRANTING TAX EXEMPTION
INCOME TAXATION
SUPREME COURT’S FINAL JUDGMENT IN ALL TAX CASES
INCOME TAXATION
SUPREME COURT’S FINAL JUDGMENT IN ALL
TAX CASES
• The judicial tribunals have no concern on
the wisdom of taxing act.
• Its power does not include inquiry on the
policy of legislation. Neither can it
legitimately question or refuse to
sanction the provisions of any law
consistent with the Constitution.
INCOME TAXATION
NO IMPRISONMENT FOR NON-PAYMENT OF POLL TAX
INCOME TAXATION
TAXES AS GENERAL FUNDS OF THE GOVERNMENT
INCOME TAXATION
STAGES OF TAXATION
LEVY
• The tax laws to be passed shall
determine the nature of taxes (kind),
those to be taxed (subjects – person,
property or rights), the purpose of tax
(objective), how much is to be collected
(the rate and the base of tax), and how
taxes are to be implemented (the
manner of imposing and collecting tax).
INCOME TAXATION
STAGES OF TAXATION
ASSESSMENT
• Assessment involves the act of
administration and implementation of the
tax laws by the executive through its
administrative agencies such as the BIR
and Bureau of Customs.
• Generally taxes are self-assessing. It
means that the taxpayer can compute his
taxes by himself.
INCOME TAXATION
ASSESSMENT
• Technically, the word “assessment” as
used in taxation, means the appraisal
and valuation of the subject of taxation.
• This process is important in the
determination of tax prescription,
surcharges and interests to arrive at the
specific sum of tax charged on a person
or property in accordance to prevailing
tax laws.
INCOME TAXATION
PAYMENT OF TAX
INCOME TAXATION
PRINCIPLES OF A SOUND TAX SYSTEM
• The fundamental principles of a sound
taxation system based on Adam’s Smith’s
Canons of Taxation are:
1. Fiscal Adequacy
2. Equality of Theoretical Justice, and
3. Administrative Feasibility
INCOME TAXATION
FISCAL ADEQUACY
INCOME TAXATION
EQUALITY OR THEORETICAL JUSTICE
INCOME TAXATION
ADMINISTRATIVE FEASIBILITY
INCOME TAXATION
ADMINISTRATIVE FEASIBILITY