Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the gain from the 2001 sale of the hotel by the partnership was extraordinary income subject to the special transitional annual tax for direct federal tax.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The gain was extraordinary income: it derived from business assets and a realised hidden reserve, not from private assets or ordinary operating profit.
Extrahierte Begründung
A partnership can only hold business assets; the taxpayer also held his share as business assets. The sale profit fell within the purpose of Art. 218 DBG, namely to prevent untaxed gains during the valuation gap. No special circumstances showed an ordinary business profit.