Key legal question
Whether the failure to hold the requested objection hearing violated the taxpayer's right to be heard under § 150 Abs. 2 StG.
Extracted holding
Yes. Because the taxpayer expressly requested an objection hearing and it was not held despite being promised, an incurable violation of the right to be heard occurred.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the omission of the requested hearing constituted a hearing defect regardless of the merits; the hearing had to be conducted and the defect could not be cured in these proceedings.