The Principle of Tax Equality, one of the basic principles of Tax Law, implies that tax burden should be divided among people fairly and people should be treated equally in all taxation matters. Equality here usually is ‘prohibition of arbitrariness', and this means treating equal things equally and unequal things unequally according to principles of justice. Tax Equality is understood in two meanings one is legislative equality of tax burden and the other is equality of interpretation and application of tax law. The Principle of Tax Equality is realization of equality principle in the tax law area, and its constitutional ground is “equality before the law” in Article 11, Clause 1 of the Constitution. The equality principle means relative equality that prohibits discrimination without reasonable grounds at a time of legislation and application of laws, instead of absolute equality. Equality of Tax Burden Principle means that tax should be divided according to the ability to pay of taxpayers. Equal taxation means levying duties according to individual's ability to pay. That is, taxation principle according to tax-bearing capacity required by Equality of Tax Burden Principle should reflect both horizontal and vertical equity at the same time. In order to judge violation of The Principle of Tax Equality, ‘prohibition of arbitrariness' or ‘reasonable discrimination' should be considered. If essentially same things are differently treated arbitrarily or essentially different things are equally treated arbitrarily, this violates The Principle of Tax Equality as arbitrary discrimination. The equality principle enhanced distributive justice, influenced related tax laws, and strengthened legal protection of taxpayers by resisting arbitrary taxation. On the other hand, it had limited influence on tax laws because of restrictions caused from the equality principle, and complicated and various lifestyles. The importance of The Principle of Tax Equality will get bigger because tax is very dynamic.
전북대학교 동북아법연구소 [Institute for North-East Asian Law]
설립연도
2007
분야
사회과학>법학
소개
전북대학교 동북아법연구소는 동북아법에 관한 국내외의 이론과 실제를 연구하고 교육하며, 그 결과를 발표하여 동북아법에 대한 이해의 증진과 동북아의 법률문화발전에 기여하기 위한 목적으로 2006년 7월 설립되었다.
서해안시대의 중심지역을 표방한 전라북도의 지리적 여건과 동북아시아의 여러 국가와의 인적 물적 교류가 확대되면서 그에 따른 여러 가지 법률문제가 발생됨에 따라 동북아시아의 지역적 특성을 고려한 법제도의 연구와 이들 국가와 거래하는 전북지역 자치단체와 기업에 대한 실질적 교육의 필요성이 대두되었다.
이러한 요청에 따라 법제도의 연구와 교육을 담당할 기관으로 전북지역 거점국립대학인 전북대학교가 동북아법연구소를 설립하게 되었고 전북 지방자치단체와 기업에 대한 교육과 자문프로그램을 운영하고 있다.