Question juridique clé
Whether the 2009 gain from sale of shareholdings belonged to private or commercial assets for direct federal tax and cantonal/communal tax.
Solution extraite
The participations were commercial assets; the capital gain was taxable as business income.
Motifs extraits
The purchases, mainly from the taxpayer's father and in the same business sector, were closely linked to the taxpayer's independent activity and generated work and business impulses for his sole proprietorship. The record sufficiently showed an intention to use the participations to improve commercial results.