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BGE 34 I 484 ΓÇó Taxation of cooperative share capital at seat is not double taxation
BGE 34 I 484Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesgerichts (BGE) / Band I13.12.1894Dismissed
The cooperative and five out-of-canton members brought a public-law complaint against Zurich and Oerlikon, challenging taxation of the reserve fund, guaranty fund, and the share capital attributable to non-cantonal members. The Federal Court held that the cooperative, as a legal person, owns its share capital and guaranty fund as taxable assets at its seat. The members' shares are participation rights, not debts of the cooperative. Therefore, taxing the full share capital, including the part corresponding to out-of-canton members, does not amount to unconstitutional double taxation. The complaint was dismissed.
Ban on double taxation; taxation of a cooperative's share capital and guaranty fund at the seat. A registered cooperative with legal personality may be taxed at its seat for its own capital assets, including share capital composed of members' shares and a guaranty fund. Such shares are not to be treated as debts owed to the members, but as participation quotas in the cooperative's assets. Consequently, the taxation at the seat of the portion of share capital corresponding to members domiciled in other cantons does not constitute prohibited double taxation. The same applies a fortiori to the guaranty fund (consid. 1-2).
r Vermeidung einer bundesrechtswidrigen Doppelbesteuerung die auswärtigen Genossenschafter gelten. C. Der Regierungsrat des Kantons Zürich hat für sich und die Gemeinde Orlikon auf Verwerfung des Rekurses angetragen. Das Bundesgericht zieht in Erwägung: