Question juridique clé
Whether the acquired property was permanently and exclusively self-used residential property under § 207 Abs. 1 lit. g StG
Solution extraite
The property qualified as permanently and exclusively self-used residential property; the transfer was exempt from land transfer tax.
Motifs extraits
The court interpreted the provision systemically and teleologically, drawing on the parallel rules on tax deferral for replacement of owner-occupied housing. It accepted that the parties and their children and parents formed one economic household and that the basement unit was not shown to be a separately used dwelling with independent household administration.