Taxing power and territorial entities. The Colombian case in the Constitution of 1991

Abstract

This article provides a brief presentation of the concept of taxation power, and discusses questions concerning the taxation powers of different levels of government in terms of legislation relating to those powers. It treats the exercise and determination of taxation power in the Colombian state under the regime of constitutional regeneration and more specifically under the 1991 constitution; it propases complementary regulations on the subject, and provides a bibliography based on the current state of the art.The article suggests the parameters within which the new Ley Orgánica de Ordenamiento Territorial (Loon should operate once it comes into effect. It suggests questions that should be addressed once the LOOT is in place, including the ideal range for the operation of territorial taxation power, and tax obligations, without omitting modern views of the exercise of taxation power.