Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the two federal appeals should be joined and whether the federal tax appeal was admissible against the cantonal judgment.
Decisione estratta
The appeals were joined; the federal direct tax appeal was admissible only against the cantonal appellate judgment, not against the tax authority's earlier decisions.
Motivazione estratta
The same case was attacked by two simultaneous remedies, so joinder served procedural economy. Because the cantonal judgment had devolutive effect, the earlier administrative decisions could not be directly challenged.