Kernrechtsfrage
Whether a hearing before the tax court had to be held
Extrahierter Entscheid
A hearing was not required; its conduct lay within the court’s discretion and the file was sufficient to decide the case.
Extrahierte Begründung
A hearing before the tax court is discretionary under § 161 Abs. 2 StG and is held only if required by superior law or indispensable for fact-finding; neither condition was met.