Kernrechtsfrage
Whether an oral hearing had to be held in the tax appeal proceedings.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The court held that a hearing was discretionary and not required by superior law or for fact-finding in this case.
Extrahierte Begründung
Section 161(2) StG is a permissive rule; the record was sufficiently clear and the appellants did not show any need for oral evidence.