Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the administrative judicial appeal against the cantonal tax commission's decision was admissible without a final cantonal instance decision.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was not admissible because the cantonal instance chain was not yet exhausted.
Extrahierte Begründung
Following the cited precedent, cantons that provide an additional cantonal review instance for harmonized taxes must also open that instance for direct federal tax as of 2001; otherwise there is no cantonal final decision.