Question juridique clé
Whether the taxpayer had a right to have the case files sent to its lawyer for inspection instead of viewing them at the tax office
Solution extraite
No. In administrative tax proceedings, the right of access is satisfied by inspection of the original files at the authority's office; there is no right to delivery or mailing of the files to counsel.
Motifs extraits
The court held that there is no statutory basis for compulsory dispatch of original files or copies at the administrative level. The inconvenience of travel and on-site inspection must generally be tolerated, especially where the files are voluminous.