Key legal question
Whether the CHF 300,000 payment is a tax-free capital gain from the sale of private assets or taxable income for direct federal tax.
Extracted holding
The payment was not a capital gain from the sale of private assets; it was taxable income under Art. 16 DBG and not exempt as damages.
Extracted reasoning
The taxpayer did not dispose of an additional asset; the payment was made to secure her consent, withdrawal of the objection, and approval of the works. No proven diminution of wealth or damage existed, and the payment was tied to her cooperation rather than to a transfer of private property.