Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the “sovereign right to taxation”?

Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the “sovereign right to taxation”?

A. Any tax in India being charged has to be backed by a law passed by the legislature or Parliament.

B. There is no separate head under the Concurrent list, meaning Union and the States have no concurrent power of taxation.

C. Both A & B

D. None of these

Explanation:

The government of India recently decided to withdraw the retrospective taxation amendment in the I-T Act introduced in March 2012. Any tax being charged has to be backed by a law passed by the legislature or Parliament. A tax “is not a voluntary payment or donation, but an enforced contribution, exacted pursuant to legislative authority”. There is no separate head under the Concurrent list, meaning Union and the States have no concurrent power of taxation