Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal court violated the appellant's right to be heard by not addressing key arguments on merger status and loss carry-forward.
Solution extraite
Yes. The lower court failed to deal with central submissions concerning the federal tax ruling and the factual question whether the merged company had already been reduced to a shell.
Motifs extraits
The court had to address the decisive arguments; the appellant's submissions were relevant to whether the transferred company had been economically liquidated. The refusal to consider these points, and the erroneous reliance on the novum bar, deprived the appellant of a reasoned decision.