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The power to tax is the power to destroy. Is this always so? (2011 Bar Question)

2011 Bar Exam · Taxation Law · Question 14 · Multiple choice

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The power to tax is the power to destroy. Is this always so? (2011 Bar Question)

  1. A.No. The Executive Branch may decide not to enforce a tax law which it believes to be confiscatory.
  2. B.Yes. The tax collectors should enforce a tax law even if it results to the destruction of the property rights of a taxpayer.
  3. C.Yes. Tax laws should always be enforced because without taxes the very existence of the State is endangered.
  4. D.No. The Supreme Court may nullify a tax law, hence, property rights are not affected.

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