Question juridique clé
Whether losses from 1994-1998 could be deducted from the taxable liquidation gain under direct federal tax law.
Solution extraite
Only losses that were fiscally recognized in prior final tax assessments could be deducted; losses later reconstructed after definitive ex officio taxations could not reopen those assessments.
Motifs extraits
Loss carryforward under Art. 31 LIFD does not permit revisiting final assessments. Because the taxpayer had been taxed ex officio for 1997/1998 and the first part of 1999 on a positive income basis and had not properly objected, those assessments were final.