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A city passes Ordinance No. Ver-2026-05 imposing Local Business Tax (LBT) of 2.3% on gross receipts from business operations conducted within the city, including digital platforms delivering services to customers physically present in Veradia, with the tax base computed on receipts earned from activities within the city only. A multinational online marketplace with no physical presence in Veradia challenges the ordinance, arguing that it taxes income beyond the city’s territorial reach and that digital platforms cannot be taxed by the city. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on the power of Local Government Units to tax businesses within their locality. (b) Distinguish the proper basis for a local business tax and the territorial limits of the tax. (c) Apply the doctrine to the facts: Is Ordinance No. Ver-2026-05 valid as to its tax base and territorial scope? Explain.

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The controlling doctrine is local autonomy; Local Business Tax must be based on gross receipts from business activities performed in the city; the territorial scope includes all receipts directed at city residents, regardless of where earned; the ordinance is valid for all receipts that target the city. The controlling doctrine is the economic nexus principle; Local Government Units may tax based on the platform’s worldwide gross receipts; the territorial scope is global; the ordinance is invalid for attempting extraterritorial taxation. The controlling doctrine is the prohibition on taxation of intangible services; Local Government Units may only tax tangible property within the city; the ordinance is invalid. The controlling doctrine is the territoriality principle; Local Government Units may tax within their territorial jurisdiction; the proper basis for Local Business Tax is gross receipts from business operations conducted within the city; the territorial reach is limited to receipts earned from activities within the city, including those via digital platforms; the ordinance is valid to the extent it taxes city-based receipts.

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