Lack of Participation of a Party in Tax Proceedings as a Premise for Re-instituting the Proceedings

Abstract

The subject of these considerations is re-instituting tax proceedings on the basis of the premise that a party has not participated in the tax proceedings (Article 240 § 1 point 4 of the Tax Regulations Act). The premise of the lack of participation of a party in proceedings is significant taking into account the general rule of tax proceedings: the rule of an active participation of a party in tax proceedings. The procedure of re-instituting proceedings on the basis of the above-mentioned premise enables to verify the final decision in the case when one party has been deprived of the possibility of participating in the proceedings through no fault of their own. The article analyzes the premises of re-instituting proceedings on the basis of a doctrine and a body of rulings, the method of re-instituting proceedings and the course of such procedure.