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Practice question: Lifeblood Doctrine

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Practice question

Which NIRC provision illustrates the policy against routine judicial interference with revenue collection by stating the general anti-injunction rule for national internal revenue taxes?
  1. Section218
  2. Only an unwritten preference of a private bank
  3. A collector’s personal promise
  4. An unrelated traffic ordinance
  5. A taxpayer’s unilateral memorandum

Legal references

  • NIRC under RA8424, relevant unchanged provisions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8424_1997.html Section218.
  • RA9282 Section9 amending RA1125 Section11: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9282_2004.html RA1125 Section11 collection-suspension proviso.
  • CIR v. CTA Second Division and American Wire, GR280165, August4 2025 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/aug2025/gr_280165_2025.html MAIN statutory exception, hearing and bond.
  • Spouses Pacquiao v. CTA, GR213394, April6 2016 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/apr2016/gr_213394_2016.html MAIN preliminary hearing on reduction or dispensation of security.

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