Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the annual loan remissions were separate tax-free gifts within the annual exemption.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The court held that the loan was simulated and that the real legal transaction was a single gift of part of the purchase price tied to the property transfer.
Extrahierte Begründung
The parties intended from the outset to forgive the purchase-price loan; under Art. 18 OR and Art. 312 OR the real common intent prevails. A simulated loan is void in the tax context, while the concealed gift is taxable.