Question juridique clé
Whether the conversion of existing fund shares into a new share class constitutes a taxable transfer of ownership of securities under Art. 13 StG.
Solution extraite
Yes. The conversion involved the issuance of new certificates and a transfer of rights, so it was a transfer of ownership of taxable securities.
Motifs extraits
The tax does not depend on a change in the economic situation but on formal legal relations. New certificates were issued and the old ones replaced, so there was an ownership transfer.