Question juridique clé
Whether the refusal of tax remission was lawful under the hardship rules for 2016 taxes.
Solution extraite
Yes. The taxpayer had a monthly surplus sufficient to repay the tax debt within about one year, so no hardship warranting remission was shown.
Motifs extraits
The court compared monthly income and necessary living costs under the practice for assessing remission. Using the taxpayer’s and spouse’s current economic situation, it found a monthly surplus of CHF 1,095 and therefore no economic distress justifying remission.