Question juridique clé
Whether the estimation-based assessment of income and wealth taxes for 2002 was unlawful or arbitrary due to missing accounts.
Solution extraite
The taxpayers were lawfully assessed by estimation because they provided no records enabling a reasonably reliable determination of business income and assets.
Motifs extraits
Without balance sheet, income statement, or equivalent asset/liability and income/expense records, the authority had a basis for estimation; VAT returns did not replace the missing records and the cantonal court's findings were binding.