Construction and Interpretation of Tax Laws and Tax Exemptions

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1. What is needed to impose a tax under the principle stated in Davao Gulf Lumber? Multiple Choice Easy
2. How is an ordinary claimed statutory tax exemption generally construed? Multiple Choice Easy
3. Who must establish entitlement when invoking an ordinary exemption from an unquestionably imposed tax? Multiple Choice Easy
4. A valid tax clearly covers a transaction. A business seeks an exemption based only on its valuable contribution to empl… Multiple Choice Medium
5. A revenue officer finds a genuine unresolved ambiguity in a tax-imposing provision and argues that the strict-against-e… Multiple Choice Medium
6. An exemption clearly grants relief to equipment used exclusively for a stated qualifying activity. A claimant uses its … Multiple Choice Hard
7. A tax statute clearly exempts a precisely defined qualifying transaction, and the claimant indisputably meets every con… Multiple Choice Hard
8. Distinguish construction of a tax imposition from construction of a claimed exemption. Essay Medium
9. Explain the burden and limits of an ordinary statutory tax-exemption claim. Essay Medium
10. A taxpayer requests an expanded exemption because the statutory relief seems too small to serve its policy. How should … Essay Medium
11. What consequence does NIRC Section246 generally prevent when a BIR ruling is revoked, modified or reversed to taxpayer … Multiple Choice Easy
12. Which taxpayer conduct is expressly covered by Section246(a)? Multiple Choice Easy