Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the Federal Supreme Court could hear the challenge as a partial final decision concerning direct federal tax
Decisione estratta
Yes. Although the formal label was inconsistent, the cantonal decision had already decided a substantive issue on direct federal tax, namely the qualification of the activity under Art. 18 DBG.
Motivazione estratta
The decision was not merely about cantonal property gains tax; the tax office and the cantonal court had materially ruled on the existence of self-employed real estate trading under federal tax law. That made it an appealable partial final decision.