Kernrechtsfrage
What value forms the tax depreciation basis for the business property transferred in the restructuring?
Extrahierter Entscheid
Because the notarized purchase price clearly did not reflect the market value in the restructuring context, depreciation had to be calculated on the market value of CHF 1,050,000, not on the lower contractual price of CHF 500,000.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that the previously accepted market value in the transfer tax proceedings bound the parties in this parallel dispute. The price was not an arm's-length price but part of a restructuring and partial transfer of the sole proprietorship into the new company. The lower contractual price therefore could not determine the tax depreciation base.