Failure to pay a license fee makes
the actor business illegal, while failure to pay a tax does not necessarily make the actor business illegal
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT- an enforced proportional contribution from owners of lands specially or peculiarly benefited by public improvements- levied only on land- a personal liability of the person assessed it is limited to the land- based wholly on benefits, not necessity- exceptional both as to time and place a tax has general application.
TOLL- a sum of money for the use of something. It is the consideration which
is paid for the use of a road,
bridge, or the like, of a public nature.
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Taxes,
on the other hand, are enforced proportional contributions from persons and property levied by the
State by virtue of its sovereignty for the support of the government and all public needs.
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Toll is paid for the use of another’s property taxis paid for the support of government.
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The amount paid as toll depends upon the cost of construction or maintenance of the public improvement used while there is no limit on the amount collected as tax
as long as it is not excessive,
unreasonable, or confiscatory.
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Toll maybe imposed by the government or by private individuals or entities tax maybe imposed only by the government.
PENALTY- any sanction imposed as a punishment for violation of law or for acts deemed injurious- taxes are enforced proportional contributions from persons and property levied by the State by virtue of its sovereignty for the support of the government and all public needs.
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Penalty is designed to regulate conduct taxes are generally intended to generate revenue.
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Penalty maybe imposed by the government or by private individuals or entities taxes only by the government.
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