Questão jurídica principal
Whether the recourant had to pay service-exemption tax for 1997-2002 despite the 19 December 2003 military-status decision
Decisão extraída
No. The later decision applies to all tax periods not yet final, so the tax was not due for the disputed years.
Fundamentação extraída
The exemption decision under Art. 4 LTEO takes effect for all tax assessments not yet final; a prior final assessment cannot be reopened except by review. Here the disputed years were still pending before the authorities and court, so the appellant could invoke the treaty-based exemption.