Review: Principles of Taxation
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- Q1What is a means by which a sovereign state through its law-making body demands for revenue in order to support its existence and carry out its legitimate objectives?TaxationEminent DomainPolice power45s
- Q2What is a means of collecting and apportioning the cost of government among those who are privileged to enjoy its benefits?Eminent domainTaxationPolice powerTax45s
- Q3Which inherent power of the state refers to the power of the sovereign to take private property for public purposes?TaxationExpropriationEminent domainPolice Power45s
- Q4What refers to the inherent power of the sovereign state to legislate for protection of health, welfare and morals of the community?Police powerEminent domainLegislative PowerTaxation45s
- Q5Which of the following does not describe the power of taxation as to scope?Subject to inherent and constitutional limitationsPlenaryComprehensiveSupreme45s
- Q6Which doctrine states that taxes are essential and indispensable to the continued subsistence of the State?Benefit Received TheoryMarshall DoctrineAbility to Pay TheoryLifeblood Doctrine45s
- Q7Which of the following basis of taxation states that the power of taxation proceeds upon the theory that the existence of government is a necessity; that it cannot continue without the means to pay its expenses?Lifeblood DoctrineBenefit Received TheoryPrinciple of NecessityAbility to Pay Theory45s
- Q8Which aspect of the "ability to pay theory" proposed that the extent of one's ability to pay is directly proportional to the level of his/her tax base?Horizontal equityConstitutional limitationTheoretical justiceVertical equity45s
- Q9What are the natural restrictions to safeguard and ensure that the power of taxation shall be exercised by the government only for the betterment of the people whose interest should be served, protected, and enhanced?Public purposeDue process of lawInherent limitationsConstitutional limitations45s
- Q10The prohibition on depriving a person of life, liberty or property without the due process of law is what type of limitation to the power of taxation?Rule of lawInherent limitationsBill of rightsConstitutional limitations45s
- Q11All of the following are considered inherent limitations of the taxation power, exceptInternational comityDue process of lawPublic purposeTerritoriality45s
- Q12All of the following are constitutional limitations, except:Equal protection of the lawUniformity ruleNon-delegation of taxing powerUse of the progressive system of taxation45s
- Q13Which constitutional limitation is provided in Article VI Section 27(2)?Veto power of the PresidentCongress granting tax exemptionPower of judicial reviewNon-impairment clause45s
- Q14Which stage in the exercise of the taxation power involves the act of the administration and implementation of tax laws by the executive branch of government?AdministrationAssessmentImpositionCollection45s
- Q15Which doctrine in taxation states that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy"?Non-compensationHolme's DoctrineMarshall doctrineDoctrine of estoppel45s