Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the transfer of economic control over the real-estate company passed first to the trustee company or directly to the beneficiary under the trust arrangement.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The economic control first passed from V. K. to I. Treuhand AG and only later from I. Treuhand AG to M. W.
Extrahierte Begründung
The decisive economic transfer occurred with the purchase agreement of 27 October 1998. The trust agreement with M. W. was concluded only on 29 October 1998, so the trust relationship did not yet exist when the first economic transfer occurred.