Question juridique clé
Whether the fine for self-reported completed tax evasion under Art. 175(3) DBG may be reduced below one-fifth of the evaded tax because of low fault or delay.
Solution extraite
No. The one-fifth fine under Art. 175(3) DBG is a fixed statutory amount; it may be lowered only if additional statutory mitigating grounds under Art. 48 StGB apply, which were not present.
Motifs extraits
Self-reporting is a special case of repentance and is meant to be applied schematically for legal certainty and incentive purposes. The lower court relied on factors such as slight fault and alleged delay, but these are not sufficient to undercut the statutory minimum absent a qualifying mitigating ground.