Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal was admissible as an appeal in public law matters against a reduction of AHV/IV/EO contributions
Decisão extraída
No. A decision on reduction of contributions is treated as a partial waiver of contributions and falls under the exclusion of Art. 83 lit. m BGG.
Fundamentação extraída
The challenged decision concerns reduction of social insurance contributions under Art. 11 AHVG in conjunction with Art. 3 Abs. 2 IVG and Art. 27 Abs. 3 EOG; such matters are excluded from the ordinary public-law appeal.