Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the Federal Administrative Court had jurisdiction over the filing concerning direct federal and cantonal taxes
Extrahierter Entscheid
No; jurisdiction on direct taxes lies with the Federal Supreme Court, not the Federal Administrative Court.
Extrahierte Begründung
The dispute concerned direct taxes, for which the Federal Administrative Court has no competence. The federal remedy is an appeal to the Federal Supreme Court, and only against a cantonal final upper court decision; the cantonal tax appeal commission is not such a court because its decisions are appealable to the cantonal administrative court.