Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the CHF 20,000 pension fund buy-in paid by the employer for its sole employee-shareholder is deductible as business expense.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Such a buy-in is deductible only if it is provided for by the pension scheme on a systematic basis; that was not shown here.
Extrahierte Begründung
Extraordinary employer contributions for a buy-in are not covered by the general employer contribution duty. Deductibility requires statutory or regulatory planfulness and equal treatment. The pension rules here regulated ordinary contributions and the employee’s own buy-in, but not an employer participation in the buy-in. The payment therefore lacked the necessary planmässigkeit and remained a shareholder-related expense.