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Zenith Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a domestic corporation, receives two notices from the BIR: (i) a Notice of Deficiency Tax for the 2024 taxable year, and (ii) a separate Notice of Surcharge for failure to pay the deficiency by the due date. The deficiency remains unpaid past the due date; Zenith pays the deficiency under protest, while the surcharge is contested. Which of the following statements best describes, in light of the NIRC: (a) the doctrinal basis for the imposition of surcharge and who may be liable for the surcharge; (b) how the surcharge differs from interest and from the deficiency tax itself, and when the surcharge attaches and becomes due; and (c) the remedies available if Zenith disputes the surcharge?

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Surcharge is merely another form of interest that accrues from the deficiency due date and is identical in effect to interest; there is no separate protest or remedy for the surcharge. The protest period for the surcharge runs 30 days from receipt of the Notice of Surcharge; if denied, the taxpayer may seek judicial review. Surcharge is a separate civil penalty for failure to pay the deficiency by the prescribed due date, binding on the taxpayer (or other person primarily liable for payment); it attaches on the due date and accrues on the deficiency amount until payment; remedies include filing a protest of the Notice of Surcharge and pursuing review through protest and, if necessary, the Court of Tax Appeals. Surcharge applies only to income tax deficiencies and not to other taxes such as VAT or documentary stamp tax.

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