Tax fine and accompanying fee are not identical sanctions

ATA/594/1996Cour de justice / Verwaltungskammer15.10.1996

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Omnilex-Zusammenfassung

The decision concerns provisional/officio taxation under the cantonal tax law. The court held that the fine provided by Art. 331a LCP may be imposed for both intentional and negligent conduct, but the accompanying fee is not intended to punish negligence in general. The distinction between punitive sanction and administrative fee is central to the ruling.

Omnilex-Regeste

Art. 331a LCP and Art. 332 al. 5 LCP; provisional/officio taxation, fine and accompanying fee: the fine has a punitive character and may be imposed for both intentional and negligent violations. By contrast, the fee is not a penalty for mere negligence; it serves an administrative function and cannot be justified solely by negligent conduct. The two measures must therefore be distinguished according to their purpose and legal nature, and the fee may not be treated as an additional sanction (consid. not indicated).

Gesamter Gesetzestext

Descripteurs

IMPOT; TAXATION PROVISOIRE; TAXATION D'OFFICE; AMENDE; DROIT FISCAL; EMOLUMENT; FIN

Normes

LCP.331 a; LCP.332 al.5

Résumé

Si l'amende prévue à l'art. 331 a LCP sanctionne aussi bien les fautes commises intentionnellement que par négligence, l'émolument qui l'accompagne n'est en revanche pas destiné à sanctionner une négligence quelconque. Si l'amende prévue à l'art. 331 a LCP sanctionne aussi bien les fautes commises intentionnellement que par négligence, l'émolument qui l'accompagne n'est en revanche pas destiné à sanctionner une négligence quelconque.

Schlagwörter

taxationprovisional assessmentofficial assessmentfinefeenegligenceadministrative sanction

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Kernrechtsfrage

Whether the fine under Art. 331a LCP and the accompanying fee may both be imposed for negligent conduct in provisional/officio taxation.

Extrahierter Entscheid

The fine under Art. 331a LCP may sanction both intentional and negligent breaches, but the accompanying fee is not meant to punish any negligence as such.

Extrahierte Begründung

The court distinguished the punitive function of the fine from the administrative nature of the fee. While the fine can respond to negligence, the fee cannot be used as an additional sanction for mere negligent conduct.

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