Key legal question
Whether the appellant had a right to a personal oral hearing before the tax court
Extracted holding
No enforceable right to an oral hearing existed in this tax appeal; the court could decide on the papers and found no need for evidence-taking.
Extracted reasoning
The procedure is generally conducted on the record. Neither Art. 4 BV nor Art. 6(1) ECHR granted a hearing right in tax appeals, and the factual record was sufficient.