ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2010:BM5096
ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2010:BM5096
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Court dismisses inspector's appeal, upholding court ruling that 2006 vehicle tax law lacks proportional taxation.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Court of Appeal confirmed the lower court's decision to annul the tax authority's penalty and tax assessment against the plaintiff. The plaintiff successfully argued that the 2006 Vehicle Tax Act failed to provide proportional taxation for vehicles with identical engine capacities but different fuel consumption. Consequently, the court rejected the inspector's appeal and ordered the tax authority to pay the plaintiff's legal costs.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedWet BPM 1992; Wet Algemene Bijzondere Heffingen 2006: The tax authority must ensure that the tax system provides for proportional taxation, and a system where vehicles with identical engine capacities are taxed differently based on fuel consumption without sufficient justification violates this principle.
Keywords
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proportional taxation
vehicle tax law
fuel consumption
administrative appeal
tax proportionality
Cited Legislation
AI generatedWet op de belasting van personenauto's en motorrijwielen 1992
Wet Algemene Bijzondere Heffingen 2006
Besluit proceskosten bestuursrecht
Algemene wet inzake rijksbelastingen
Algemene wet bestuursrecht
Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering
artikel 14 EVRM