Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the 2014 renovation expenses for the property are deductible maintenance costs or non-deductible value-increasing expenses.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The works constituted a total renovation akin to a new building; the related costs were not deductible as maintenance expenses.
Extrahierte Begründung
The renovation went beyond preservation of existing value and materially transformed the building: gutting, floor and wall changes, new living spaces in the barn, and a modernized residential standard. Under objective-technical criteria, such a comprehensive renewal is value-increasing as a whole.