Key legal question
Whether the transactions constituted a taxable economic transfer of real estate under Zurich law
Extracted holding
Yes. The court upheld the finding that the taxpayers' coordinated dealings amounted to a chain transaction with economic transfers of the property.
Extracted reasoning
The first taxpayer acted like an owner by obtaining the permit, concluding the general contractor agreement, and later transferring the project; the timing and incomplete cooperation justified the inference of an economic transfer despite missing details.