Question juridique clé
Whether gains from real-estate sales realized in the tax gap fall under Art. 47 DBG special annual tax.
Solution extraite
Yes. Art. 47 DBG also covers capital gains from real-estate sales in the tax gap, not only gains from business-to-private transfers; ordinary operating profits are excluded, but such distinction is not workable here.
Motifs extraits
The purpose of Art. 47 DBG is to close the tax-gap caused by past-year assessment. Consistent case law under former Art. 43 BdBSt taxed all realized capital and appreciation gains, including on trading stock, because separating ordinary from extraordinary real-estate trading profits is illusory and would undermine equal treatment.