Questão jurídica principal
Whether the taxpayer's securities and forex gains were taxable as income from self-employment or exempt private capital gains
Decisão extraída
On a overall assessment, the taxpayer's activity still qualified as professional securities trading and the gains remained taxable income.
Fundamentação extraída
The court found sufficient planfulness, entrepreneurial initiative, risk-taking, transaction intensity, short holding periods, and use of derivatives. The lower transaction volume in 1998/1999 was not yet shown to be a sustainable long-term cessation of trading.