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Practice question: Community Tax

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A person not subject to community tax requests a certificate and pays PHP1 under 162. A clerk treats issuance as conclusive proof that the person owed the ordinary annual tax. Which is correct?
  1. The statute permits issuance to a nonsubject person for PHP1; issuance alone does not establish ordinary tax liability.
  2. Every issued certificate conclusively creates ordinary liability.
  3. Section 162 prohibits any certificate for a nonsubject person.
  4. The certificate automatically proves a corporation exists.
  5. Payment of PHP1 makes all future taxes disappear.

Legal references

  • RA7160, LGC Sections139,145-146,150,157-163 and252-253: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html

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