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ABCD Logistics, Inc., a domestic corporation, receives a Notice of Assessment for deficiency Value-Added Tax (VAT) for the tax year 2023 from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Within 30 days, ABCD logs a protest with the BIR. The BIR issues a Decision on Protest denying the protest in full. Within 60 days from receipt of that denial, ABCD files a Petition for Review with the Court of Tax Appeals challenging the VAT deficiency. (a) Identify the central Administrative Remedies doctrine implicated by this scenario and state its essence. (b) Distinguish the controlling rule on exhaustion of administrative remedies and the effect of a protest denial by the BIR. (c) Apply the doctrine to the facts and state whether the Court of Tax Appeals has proper jurisdiction to hear ABCD’s petition and the likely disposition of the case.