Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal was admissible despite the absence of a cantonal final decision
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the canton had not yet opened the required final cantonal instance for direct federal tax matters.
Extracted reasoning
For cantons that provide an additional review instance for harmonized cantonal taxes, the same instance path must also be available for direct federal tax from 2001 onward; otherwise the Federal Supreme Court cannot hear the case as a cantonal final decision is missing.