Questão jurídica principal
Whether attorney fees incurred because of prior employment are deductible as income-producing expenses under § 24 lit. a aStG.
Decisão extraída
Attorney fees are deductible if they are a consequence of professional activity and therefore have an organic, direct connection with the employment.
Fundamentação extraída
Deductibility is not limited to expenses incurred in the same period as the related income. Consequential costs of employment may arise only after the income has been earned and are still deductible in the tax period in which they fall into the assessment period.