...fee was inconsistent with the statute. The Court first drew a distinction between taxation and fees: Taxation is a legislative function and Congress, which...a taxpayer and go solely on ability to pay, based en property or income. A fee, however, is incident to a voluntary act, eg, a request that a public...

...fee was inconsistent with the statute. The Court first drew a distinction between taxation and fees: Taxation is a legislative function and Congress, which...a taxpayer and go solely on ability to pay, based en property or income. A fee, however, is incident to a voluntary act, eg, a request that a public...

...which is the sole organ for levying taxes, may act arbitrarily and disregard benefits bestowed by the Government on a taxpayer and go solely on ability...voluntary act, eg, a request that a public agency permit an applicant to practice law or medicine or construct a house or run a broadcast station. The public...

...Court distinguished fees from taxes as follows: .5/ Id. 548-49. 6/ 415 US 337 (1974). TJ U. 341, 343. Taxation is a legislative function and Congress, which...act arbitrarily and disregard benefits bestowed by the Government on a taxpayer and go solely on ability to pay, based on property or Income. A fee, however,...

...down certain Federal Communications Commission fees as being beyond the power of the FCC to charge said: Taxation is a legislative function, and Congress,...act arbitrarily and disregard benefits bestowed by the Government on a taxpayer and go solely on ability to pay, based on property or income. A fee, however,...

...the User Charge Statute authorized the levying of taxes, in which case the statute 6The Court stated: •Taxation is a legislative function, and Congress,...act arbitrarily and disregard benefits bestowed by the Government on a taxpayer and go solely on ability to pay, based on property or income. A fee, however,...

...which is the sole organ for levying taxes, may act arbitrarily and disregard benefits bestowed by the Government on a taxpayer and go solely on ability...voluntary act, eg, a request that a public agency permit an applicant to practice law or medicine or construct a house or run a broadcast station. The public...

...the User Charge Statute authorized the levying of taxes, in which case the statute "The Court stated: •Taxation is a legislative function, and Congress,...act arbitrarily and disregard benefits bestowed by the Government on a taxpayer and go solely on ability to pay, based on property or income. A fee, however,...