Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the public law appeal was admissible for tax periods 1998-2000
Extrahierter Entscheid
No ordinary federal remedy was available for those periods, but the appellant lacked a legally protected interest because the cantonal reasoning reduced rather than increased its tax base.
Extrahierte Begründung
The company was not personally and directly harmed by the challenged reasoning; it sought in substance a higher taxable capital. Contesting the reasons alone cannot confer standing.