Tax reassessment after start of military and technical school

ARGVP-1988-2034Administrative CourtNov 15, 1985

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Omnilex summary

The headnotes concern interim tax reassessment. The commission held that the start of recruit school did not create a new reassessment ground because recurring income continued. By contrast, entry into technical school did trigger reassessment, with the new assessment taking effect from the first day of the following month. A reduced widow and orphan pension caused by the daughter entering employment did not qualify as a qualitative reassessment ground. The text also states that a temporary reduction of employment activity may justify interim reassessment only if the statutory conditions for reassessment of the remaining tax period are met.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 76 StG; interim reassessment requires a qualifying change in the taxable circumstances. A merely temporal change in activity or the continuation of recurring income does not, by itself, create a new reassessment ground. Where a statutory change of circumstances is present, Art. 27 Abs. 2 StV governs the temporal effect and the reassessment begins with the month following the event. A reduction in pension income caused by changed family circumstances is not necessarily a qualitative reassessment ground if the legal basis of assessment remains unchanged.

Full text

B. Entscheide der Steuerrekurskommission 2033, 2034, 2035 Der Rekurrent verfügte ab dem 19. April 1982 bis Ende RS über regel­mässige wiederkehrende Einkünfte (Art. 19 StG), auch während der Dauer der Rekrutenschule. Der Beginn der RS stellt deshalb keinen neuen Zwi­schenrevisionsgrund dar, wohl aber der Eintritt ins Technikum [] (8. November 1982). Da die Einkommensbestandteile noch während der Dauer der Lehre in der Tat vernachlässigt werden können, entspricht so­wohl die Berechnungsperiode wie auch die Dauer der Veranlagung dem Zeitraum vom 19. April 1982 bis zum 8. November 1982. Während diesen 199 Tagen verdiente der Rekurrent Fr. 11 5 0 0 - , was auf ein Jahreseinkom­men berechnet Fr. 20800 - ergibt. Unter Berücksichtigung aller unbestrit­tenen Abzüge beträgt das steuerpflichtige Jahreseinkommen (als Grund­lage für die Berechnung der pro rata-Steuer) Fr. 14600.-. Die Neuveranla­gung gilt nach der ausdrücklichen Bestimmung von Art. 27 Abs. 2 StV mit Beginn des auf den Eintritt der Voraussetzung zur Revision folgenden Monats, d.h. vorliegend ab dem I.M ai 1982 bis zum 30. November 1982, also für eine Dauer von sieben Monaten. StRK 8.7.1983 (Nr. 325) 2034 Zwischenveranlagung. Die zufolge Eintritts der Tochter in das Erwerbs­leben reduzierte Witwen-und Waisenrente führt zu keiner Zwischenveran­lagung gemäss Art. 76 StG, weil ein qualitativer Zwischenveranlagungs­grund nicht gegeben ist. Der Steuerveranlagung für die Jahre 1983/84 ist somit das im Durchschnitt der Bemessungsjahre 1981/82 zugeflossene Renteneinkommen zugrunde zu legen. StRK 16.3.1984/15.11.1985 (Nr. 345) 2035 Zwischenveranlagung. Voraussetzungen für die Vornahme einer Zwi­schenveranlagung gemäss Art. 76 StG bei zeitlicher Reduktion der Erwerbstätigkeit. Nach Art. 76 Abs. 1 lit. a StG ist eine Neuveranlagung für den Rest der Ver­anlagungsperiode dann vorzunehmen, wenn die Veranlagungsgrund­ 311

Keywords

tax reassessmentrecurring incomequalitative changemilitary servicevocational schoolpension income

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Key legal question

Whether the start of military recruit school constitutes a new ground for interim tax reassessment.

Extracted holding

No. Regular recurring income continued during recruit school, so the start of recruit school was not a new interim reassessment ground.

Extracted reasoning

The taxpayer had regular recurring income from 1982 onward, including during recruit school; therefore the relevant income situation did not qualitatively change.

Key legal question

Whether entry into technical school justifies an interim reassessment and from when it applies.

Extracted holding

Yes. Entry into technical school was a new reassessment ground; the reassessment applied from the first day of the month following the change, for seven months.

Extracted reasoning

Income during apprenticeship could still be disregarded; the relevant period ran from 1982-04-19 to 1982-11-08, and under Art. 27 Abs. 2 StV the reassessment began in the following month.

Key legal question

Whether a reduced widow and orphan pension due to the daughter entering employment creates a qualitative interim reassessment ground.

Extracted holding

No. The reduction of the pension did not amount to a qualitative interim reassessment ground.

Extracted reasoning

The change concerned only the amount of pension income, not a qualifying change in the relevant circumstances under Art. 76 StG.

Key legal question

Under what conditions a temporary reduction of employment activity allows an interim tax reassessment.

Extracted holding

An interim reassessment is permissible only if the statutory conditions for a revised assessment for the remainder of the tax period are met.

Extracted reasoning

Art. 76 Abs. 1 lit. a StG requires a qualifying change in the basis for assessment; mere temporal reduction of work activity is not enough by itself.

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