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level: State

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level questions: State

QuestionAnswer
Basic elements of a StatePeople, Territory, Government and Sovereignty
Supreme and final legal authority above and beyond which no legal power existsSovereignty
Two aspects of sovereigntyinternal and external sovereignty
The state is supreme over all its citizen and associationsInternal Sovereignty
The state is independent and free from foreign or outside controlExternal Sovereignty
Organization that people set up to protect their community gives service to the people?Government
Type of government headed by Queen/kingMonarchy
Type of government ruled by manyDemocracy/Democratic
Type of government ruled by noneAnarchy
Type of government which absolute rule and is not restricted by laws or constitution. Rules only by oneDictatorship/Dictatorial
Type of government ruled by fewOligarchy
Type of government ruled by privileged upper classAristocracy
Two type of Democracy GovernmentParliamentary and Presidential Democracies
Type of Democracy Government which executive branch members are also legislative branch membersParliamentary Democracies
Type of Democracy Government which there is separation between Executive and Legislative BranchPresidential Democracies
Authorized to make laws, alter, and repeal them through the powerLegislative Branch
Three Branches of GovernmentExecutive, Legislative and Judiciary Branch
Carries out laws. It is composed of the President and the Vice President who are elected by direct popular voteExecutive Branch
Evaluates laws. It holds the power to settle controversies involving rights that are legally demandable and enforceable. It is made up of a Supreme Court and lower courts.Judiciary Branch
By right, acccording to lawDe Jure
In reality,as a matter of factDe Facto
System of government that concentrated in central governmentUnitary System
System of government that divided into national and local governmentFederation
System of government that is concentrated in states.Confederation
character of the constitution that is enactedConventional Constitution
character of the constitution that evolvedCumulative Constitution
character of the constitution which has been given definite written form at a particular timeWritten Constitution
character of the constitution which is entirely the product of political evolutionUnwritten Constitution
character of the constitution which cannot be amended or altered except some special machineryRigid or Inelastic Constitution
character of the constitution which maybe altered in the same way of as other lawsFlexible or Elastic Constitution
Inherent power of state to take private property for public use upon payment of compensationPower of Eminent Domain
Inherent power of state to enact laws to for the promotion of general welfare, public safety and order, and public healthPolice Power
Inherent power of state to exact proportional contribution from the people to defray the cost of governmental expendituresTaxation Power
Phase of taxation which refers to the of the making of taxation laws.Legislative Phase
Phase of taxation that refers to the assessment and collection of taxesadministrative phase
Does the different government agencies like the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Tourism (DOT) are exempted of taxation?Yes
place of taxation refers to the territorial jurisdiction of the State to impose the power of taxation, that is, to charge and collect taxes on persons, properties or transactionsSITUS OF TAXATION
means taxing the same subject or object twice during the same taxing periodDouble taxation
is imposed on persons who are bound by taxation laws to pay. It is non-transferableDirect tax
is imposed on certain individuals, but was shifted to another person by way of indemnifying himself/herself at the expense of the other.Indirect tax
Example of Indirect TaxVAT
Example of Direct Taxincome tax, community tax and estate tax
has been defined as a sum of money for the use of something, generally applied to the consideration which is paid for the use of road, bridge or the like, of a public natureToll
is any sanction imposed as a punishment for violation of law or acts deemed injurious.Penalty
is an enforced proportional contribution from owners of lands especially or peculiarly benefited by public improvementsSpecial assessment
is a charge imposed under the police power for purposes of regulation. License is rather in the nature of a special privilege, of a permission or authority to do what is within its termsLicense or permit fee
otherwise known as the Tax Reform Act of 1997Republic Act No. 8424