Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the provisional 2003 levy notice was misleading and could prevent later objection on the exclusion of civil defense days.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The notice and accompanying explanations were confusing and could lead the taxpayer to believe the whole assessment was merely provisional; the authority could not rely on the supposed finality of the omitted service-day factor.
Extrahierte Begründung
The notice prominently labeled the assessment as provisional, while only buried text said only income was provisional and all other factors were definitive. The court held this was contradictory, misleading, and insufficiently clear, and that additional leaflets could not cure the defect. The taxpayer was not shown to have recognized the true scope in time.