Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the federal appeal against the cantonal tax appeal commission decision was admissible.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was admissible because the cantonal decision was a final judgment concerning direct federal tax and the taxpayer had standing.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Federal Supreme Court found the challenged decision directly appealable under the applicable federal procedural rules and held that the taxpayer, as the person liable to tax, was entitled to complain.