Kernrechtsfrage
Whether tax office employees may participate as experts or commission members despite their institutional role.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Institutional affiliation alone does not establish bias; the objection that the officials were tax office employees, rather than personally biased, was unfounded on the facts.
Extrahierte Begründung
Allowing the report to be commented on before the objection decision serves procedural economy and the right to be heard, because the taxpayer can exercise participation rights early. Treating this as bias would delay disclosure of the officials' view until the reasoning of the objection decision, which would be contrary to taxpayers' interests.