Key legal question
Whether the taxpayer was entitled to remission of state taxes for 2010 and 2011 despite owning real estate.
Extracted holding
Ownership of real estate does not automatically preclude tax remission; the decisive question is whether, in the individual case, realization or encumbrance of the property is unreasonable or impossible, creating a hardship.
Extracted reasoning
The court confirmed that remission depends on the taxpayer's economic situation at the time of review, including income, expenses, and assets. Here, the property could not realistically be further mortgaged or sold, and requiring sale would be unreasonable given the housing costs and the co-ownership situation.