Key legal question
Whether the appeal was admissible against the cantonal court's ruling for federal direct tax and cantonal/communal tax periods.
Extracted holding
The filing was treated as a tax administrative appeal for federal direct tax and for cantonal/communal tax period 2001-2002, but as a public-law complaint it was inadmissible for cantonal/communal periods 1997-1998 and 1999-2000 for lack of constitutional reasoning.
Extracted reasoning
The Court applied the pre-LTF procedural regime and the different avenues of appeal depending on the tax type and period.