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AGVE_2000_43 ΓÇó Fax appeal invalid; no cure for missing signature
AGVE_2000_43Verwaltungsgericht / 1. Kammer31.12.2000Other
The Verwaltungsgericht discussed three recurring tax-procedure questions: a fax-filed remedy lacks the required original signature and is invalid without a grace period for cure; the same applies to objections against tax assessments; and costs may be charged for late factual allegations, though generally not for late legal arguments. It also held that, despite the ban on reformatio in peius, a taxpayer may consent to a worse assessment on the basis of new facts in order to avoid a supplementary tax procedure. The snippet further states that the identified defects were so serious that the assessment notice was regarded as void.
Written form of tax remedies; fax filing without original signature is invalid and not curable by a rectification period (consid. 1-3); the same applies to objections against tax assessments (consid. 3/c). Costs may be charged to a successful complainant for belated submission of factual allegations, but as a rule not for belated legal arguments (consid. II). Reformatio in peius is not excluded where the taxpayer consents to a detrimental amendment based on new facts in order to avoid a supplementary tax proceeding.
2000 Kantonales Steuerrecht 163 Zusammenfassend erachtet das Verwaltungsgericht die dargestellten Mängel insgesamt für derart gewichtig, dass die Veranlagungsverfügung auf Grundlage der bisherigen Rechtsprechung als nichtig zu bezeichnen ist. 43 Kostenauflage.