Questão jurídica principal
Was the taxpayers' complaint about the refusal to hold an oral hearing upheld?
Decisão extraída
No. Cantonal law did not grant an enforceable right to a hearing here, and the refusal was not arbitrary.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 6 ECHR was inapplicable to tax proceedings; Art. 29(2) BV does not create a general right to an oral hearing; §§ 25 and 27 VRPG did not provide a mandatory hearing right on these facts.