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DeltaTech Electronics, Inc., a Philippine corporation, receives a Final Notice of Assessment for deficiency income tax for 2024 after a BIR audit. It timely files a protest with the BIR, which is denied. The BIR then demands payment within 15 days. DeltaTech files a Taxpayer's Suit in the Regional Trial Court seeking (a) a declaration that the Final Notice of Assessment is void for lack of authority to issue the assessment (ultra vires) and (b) to enjoin further collection while awaiting resolution of its petition for review with the Court of Tax Appeals. The trial court dismisses the complaint for lack of jurisdiction, citing that Taxpayer's Suit is improper where a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy exists through the CTA. Discuss: (a) identify the doctrine governing Taxpayer's Suit and its rationale; (b) state the essential requisites for a Taxpayer's Suit and explain whether each is satisfied by DeltaTech's case; (c) apply the facts to determine whether DeltaTech may maintain a Taxpayer's Suit or must pursue CTA review, and why.

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Taxpayer's Suit is proper only if the protest denial is based on a due process defect, not on lack of authority; voids arising from lack of authority cannot be attacked in RTC. Taxpayer's Suit is permissible if it seeks to toll the collection while the CTA petition is pending, but it cannot declare the assessment void; such relief must come from CTA. Taxpayer's Suit may be maintained only for injunctive relief; the RTC cannot declare void an assessment; the issue of voidness must be resolved by CTA in its review of the underlying assessment. Taxpayer's Suit may be sustained because the Final Notice of Assessment was issued by an officer who lacked authority to issue such assessment, rendering the assessment void ab initio; since there is no valid assessment to review, the Court of Tax Appeals has no jurisdiction over the matter, and the RTC may entertain a direct action to declare the assessment void and enjoin collection.

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