Question juridique clé
Whether the 2000 dividend qualified as extraordinary income subject to transition-year taxation.
Solution extraite
Yes. The first dividend payout in the assessment gap, combined with the shareholder's decisive control over distribution policy, made the 2000 distribution extraordinary.
Motifs extraits
Dividends are extraordinary when they are not paid regularly and when the shareholder can influence timing and amount. Here, there was no prior dividend continuity, and the appellant could freely shape distributions.