Evolution of Philippine Taxation
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What was the initial form of taxation in the Philippines during the Spanish era?

  • Property tax
  • Income tax
  • Sales tax
  • Tributes (correct)
  • How did Filipinos increase their production to meet the demands of tribute payment?

  • By increasing their production (correct)
  • By decreasing their workload
  • By avoiding paying tribute
  • By reducing their production
  • What did the creation of pueblos in the Philippines lead to?

  • Improved tax collection (correct)
  • End of tribute payments
  • Decrease in agricultural production
  • Emergence of barter system
  • What replaced the payment of tribute in 1884 in the Philippines?

    <p>Poll tax through cedula personal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was considered the main source of income through taxation in the Philippines during the Spanish era?

    <p>Poll tax through cedula personal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Through the Galeeon Trade' was mentioned as improving which aspect of Philippine economy?

    <p>Tax collection efficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What tax was reduced to a personal service by the end of the 19th century in the Philippines?

    <p>Land tax</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which tax was introduced under American rule in the Philippines and faced criticism from the landed elite for tax evasion?

    <p>Cedula tax</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What major sources of revenue were prescribed by the Internal Revenue Law of 1904 in the Philippines?

    <p>Income tax on corporations and banks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What new tax was added to income taxes during the Commonwealth period in the Philippines?

    <p>Surtax rate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which act passed during American rule in the Philippines reduced the revenue derived from export taxes?

    <p>Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was needed after World War II in the Philippines to cope up with its results despite declaring independence?

    <p>Rehabilitation funds</p> Signup and view all the answers

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