Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the taxpayer’s change of employment qualifies as a career change under StG § 78 lit. a
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The move from vice director in IT/system development to lecturer in informatics was only a change of position, not a fundamental structural change in the professional situation.
Extrahierte Begründung
Intermediate assessment is an exceptional departure from the prior-income system and must be interpreted restrictively. A career change requires a deep structural change, such as moving to a different field, switching between employed and self-employed work, or a materially different basis for income development. Here the taxpayer remained employed and stayed in the same professional field of informatics.