Questão jurídica principal
Whether Art. 5(3) LDS applies to an international official's estate after death.
Decisão extraída
Only taxpayers who were actually taxed at a lump sum at the time of death can benefit from Art. 5(3) LDS. Since international officials had no lump-sum taxation option upon retirement after 1985, the exemption did not apply.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the statutory benefit is tied to the taxpayer's actual tax status at death. Because the relevant administrative choices made after 1985 removed the possibility for international officials to opt for lump-sum taxation at retirement, they could not satisfy the condition of being taxed forfait at death.