Questão jurídica principal
Whether the commissions paid to B.________ AG and C.________ SA were deductible as real-estate sale expenses
Decisão extraída
No. The taxpayer had not sufficiently proven an actual brokerage activity leading to the sale, so the two commissions could not be deducted.
Fundamentação extraída
Under the harmonized and cantonal rules, deductible sale costs require proof of a brokerage activity that contributed to the transaction. The invoices and receipts alone did not sufficiently establish such activity, and the taxpayer failed to provide supporting evidence in the earlier proceedings.