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Practice question: Submission of Supporting Documents by Taxpayer

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A taxpayer sends a document requesting more time but does not validly contest the FAN within the required protest period. Can merely promising future documents replace a valid protest?
  1. Yes, a promise is always a protest
  2. Yes, the sixty-day document period replaces the protest requirement
  3. Yes, documents alone automatically cancel every assessment
  4. Yes, any letter creates unlimited time
  5. No; timely valid protest and the applicable evidence-submission requirements are distinct

Legal references

  • NIRC Sections5–6,13 and228: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/3896
  • Level Up v. CIR, GR272354, September29 2025, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70267
  • CIR v. CTA Third Division and Citysuper, GR239464, May10 2021, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/67428
  • CIR v. Standard Insurance, GR259729, November17 2025, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70327

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