Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the gain from the sale of the property in A. ZH was taxable as business income or tax-free private capital gain.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The property belonged to business assets; the sale gain was taxable under Art. 18(2) DBG.
Extrahierte Begründung
The deceased husband had been engaged in professional real-estate trading as a side business. The asset classification did not change when the business was incorporated or upon inheritance, and the 1985 correspondence did not amount to a binding finding that the unsold properties were private assets.