Questão jurídica principal
Whether losses incurred before the 2001 seat transfer can be carried forward and offset against 2004 profit in Schwyz.
Decisão extraída
Yes. For tax years ending after 2001, Art. 25 Abs. 2 and 4 StHG requires allowing seven-year loss carryforward even for losses incurred before an inter-cantonal seat transfer that occurred before 2001.
Fundamentação extraída
The federal harmonization rule must be interpreted in light of inter-cantonal equal treatment, the internal market, and the prohibition of unequal treatment. No transitional period was provided, and the wording does not justify limiting the rule to seat transfers after 1 January 2001. Contrary cantonal law yields to federal law.