Question juridique clé
Whether the CHF 180,000 pension buy-in was deductible again in ordinary taxation for direct federal tax 1999/2000.
Solution extraite
No. The amount had already been taken into account in the special taxation of the pension withdrawals, and the overall arrangement constituted tax avoidance.
Motifs extraits
A single pension buy-in could not be cumulatively or alternatively deducted again after it had already reduced the special tax base. The structured sequence of withdrawal, re-buy-in, and renewed withdrawal was unusual, economically inappropriate, aimed primarily at tax savings, and produced a substantial tax advantage.