Key legal question
Whether the transfer of 48 shares to the ex-wife in settlement of a marital property claim was tax-free under Art. 24 lit. a DBG
Extracted holding
No. The transfer was not a gratuitous marital property allocation but an onerous settlement of a private debt, so the exemption did not apply.
Extracted reasoning
The marital property claim is a monetary claim only; its satisfaction by transferring assets is a separate, onerous legal transaction. Here the shares were transferred in payment of an existing debt, which realized hidden reserves.