Tourism tax liability of a wealth manager upheld

ATA/530/1995Cour de justice / Verwaltungskammer10.10.1995Dismissed

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Omnilex-Zusammenfassung

The court held that a wealth manager may be subjected to the tourism encouragement tax because the business benefits from Geneva’s international financial reputation and the resulting influx of potential clients. It further rejected the argument that the tourism regulations treated different wealth managers unequally. The challenge was therefore dismissed and the tax liability remained in force.

Omnilex-Regeste

RTour art. 26 al. 2; tourism encouragement tax liability of a wealth manager; economic benefit from the international reputation of the financial centre suffices to justify assujettissement. A wealth manager may be treated as benefiting from business tourism where the clientele base expands through the attractiveness of the place as a financial hub. The equal-treatment principle is not violated merely because the regulation applies to wealth managers in general, provided the differentiation is objective and related to the tax’s purpose; consid. 2-4.

Gesamter Gesetzestext

Descripteurs

TAXE D'ENCOURAGEMENT AU TOURISME; GERANT DE FORTUNE; ASSUJETTISSEMENT(IMPOT); FIN

Normes

RTour.26 al.2

Résumé

Le gérant de fortune bénéficie du tourisme d'affaires car le nombre des clients potentiels augmente en fonction de la réputation de la place financière internationale de Genève. Pas d'inégalité de traitement dans le RLTour entre les différents gérants de fortune.

Schlagwörter

tourism taxtax liabilityequal treatmentbusiness tourismfinancial centerwealth manager

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Kernrechtsfrage

Whether a wealth manager is liable for the tourism encouragement tax under RTour art. 26(2).

Extrahierter Entscheid

Yes. The court considered that a wealth manager benefits from business tourism because the pool of potential clients increases with the reputation of Geneva as an international financial center.

Extrahierte Begründung

The economic advantage linked to the place’s international attractiveness justified inclusion within the tax’s scope.

Kernrechtsfrage

Whether the tourism regulations create unequal treatment between different wealth managers.

Extrahierter Entscheid

No. The court found no unconstitutional unequal treatment among the various wealth managers covered by the regime.

Extrahierte Begründung

The distinction drawn by the regulations was not arbitrary and was consistent with the purpose of financing tourism promotion.

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