WIRE — Taxation is one of the inherent powers of the State. The famous dictum of the US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy" has long illustrated the breadth of the taxing power of the State. Taxes are the lifeblood of the government
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