Key legal question
Whether the pending supervisory complaint excused the taxpayers from attending the objection hearing or required a stay of proceedings.
Extracted holding
The supervisory complaint did not suspend the tax proceedings and did not release the taxpayers from their duty to appear; the authority was not obliged to stay the hearing.
Extracted reasoning
A supervisory complaint is only a report, not part of the appellate chain, and does not halt the case unless a stay is expressly ordered. The taxpayers had been warned of the consequences of non-appearance, and the objection authority ultimately decided on the file.