Kernrechtsfrage
Whether Article 64 PA applied to the VAT opposition/reclamation procedure so as to entitle the appellant to costs
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Article 56(5) OTVA governed the VAT procedure as a special rule and did not contradict Article 64 PA; the appellant had no enforceable right to costs.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Administrative Procedure Act provision concerns the general appeal procedure, not opposition/reclamation. The VAT ordinance separately regulated that stage, and the rule was neither unconstitutional nor unlawful.