Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the cantonal court acted arbitrarily by treating the merger-related transfer of the property as subject to handover tax.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The challenged decision was not arbitrary: the transfer of the property fell within the taxable transfer of ownership and economic control under cantonal law.
Extrahierte Begründung
The merger transferred the asset between distinct legal entities and thus the economic power over the property. Group-internal ownership did not exclude taxation, and the merger structure could be viewed as a means to isolate the property and obtain a tax benefit.