Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the profit from the sale of the lots in C. was private capital gain or income from self-employed real-estate trading for federal direct tax 2008.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The profit was income from self-employed activity in real-estate commerce, not a private capital gain.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Court relied on the overall pattern of transactions: multiple real-estate operations within seven years, heavy foreign financing, subdivision and staged resale of the property, and reinvestment of the proceeds. The five-year holding period did not outweigh these factors.