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Practice question: Authority of Congress, Secretary of Finance, and Commissioner of Internal Revenue (CIR)

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A regulation adds a new taxable transaction that the statute expressly excludes. Officials defend it solely as a needful enforcement rule under Section 244. Assess.

Legal references

  • NIRC Sections 4,22,23 and244: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/3896
  • 1987 Constitution, ArticleVI Sections24,28: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
  • RA11976, Ease of Paying Taxes Act: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/96948

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