Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the loan interest for financing single-premium life insurance policies was deductible under the direct federal tax rules despite the anti-abuse doctrine.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The interest deduction was not allowed because the financing arrangement constituted tax avoidance.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that the earlier tax-avoidance doctrine still applied under the DBG. The spouses chose an unusual and economically inappropriate structure solely to obtain a tax advantage; the required own-funds alternative could not be used to create a hypothetical income reduction offsetting the disallowed interest deduction.