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Practice question: Tax Deductions vs. Tax Credits

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

What does an allowable income-tax deduction ordinarily reduce?
  1. The income base used to compute the tax
  2. The tax due peso for peso in every case
  3. Only the taxpayer's birth year
  4. Only the applicable statutory tax rate
  5. Only the taxpayer's bank balance

Legal references

  • NIRC Section 31, as amended by RA 10963 Section 8; https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2017/ra_10963_2017.html
  • NIRC Section 34(C), distinction between deduction and credit for qualifying foreign taxes; https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8424_1997.html

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