Question juridique clé
Whether CHF 10,000 criminal defense costs were deductible as extraordinary expenses for direct federal tax
Solution extraite
No. The costs related to ordinary income from the taxpayer's architectural activity and did not concern extraordinary income subject to the annual tax regime.
Motifs extraits
Only the expenses listed in Art. 218 DBG or costs directly linked to extraordinary taxable income qualify. Defense costs from a criminal case connected to ordinary professional activity are ordinary expenses and cannot be deducted additionally.