Kernrechtsfrage
Whether losses could still be carried forward and deducted for tax periods 1999 and 2000 after the 1998 estimated assessment became final.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Once the 1998 estimated assessment fixing a profit became final, the company could no longer deduct the earlier losses in later periods.
Extrahierte Begründung
Losses must be offset in the earliest possible profitable year. A final assessment with a positive profit, including an estimated assessment, definitively settles that the available losses were absorbed, unless revisable grounds exist.