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Practice question: Construction and Interpretation of Tax Laws and Tax Exemptions

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

How is an ordinary claimed statutory tax exemption generally construed?
  1. Automatically in favor of every claimant
  2. Without reference to its text
  3. Strictly against the claimant and in favor of the government
  4. Only by the claimant’s preferred result
  5. As a repeal of all taxation

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1998/jul1998/gr_117359_1998.html — Davao Gulf Lumber v. CIR, G.R. No. 117359, July 23, 1998, main opinion

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