CIR v CItyTrust – stock dividends are not taxable as they represent a distribution from retained
earnings only. But if the corporation cancels/pays it back, it take s the for of a cash dividend,
hence taxable
INCOME – broad and comprehensive. The “income from any source whatever” disclose a
legislative policy to include all income not expressly exempted within the class of taxable
income under our laws.
Income is a flow, flow of wealth.
National
DIrect
Excise
Progressive
GIT v NIT
Claim of right doctrine – a taxable gain is conditioned upon the presence of a claim of right to
the alleged gain and the absence of a definite unconditional obligation to return or repay that
which would otherwise constitute gain. To collect a tax would give the govt an unjustified
preference as to the part of the money that rightfully and completely belongs to the victim.
1. Global
2. Schedular
a. Sison v Ancheta – uniformity within the class, classification is constitutional
3. Semi-global, semi-schedular
a. Ordinary income (CI, PT/BI, NOT subject to Final Tax) will be lumped and will be
put into annual ITR - global
b. Passive income subject to final tax – capital gains from shares of stock and sale of
real property
INCO