Key legal question
Whether the Verwaltungsgericht had jurisdiction to hear the complaint against the cost allocation in the tax appeal decision.
Extracted holding
Yes, if the court has jurisdiction over the main matter, that jurisdiction also extends to ancillary issues such as costs; the cost item may also be challenged on its own.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that its competence over the principal issue necessarily includes ancillary cost rulings, so the cost order was reviewable.