Key legal question
Whether income from selling and redeeming zero-coupon bonds qualifies for the reduced rate for capital settlements for recurring benefits under § 36 StG/ZH and Art. 11(2) StHG.
Extracted holding
No. Zero-bond one-time interest is not a capital settlement for recurring benefits; it is a planned single payment, so the reduced rate does not apply.
Extracted reasoning
The statutory concept covers only lump sums replacing periodic benefits that would ordinarily be paid periodically. A zero-bond interest payment is not such a replacement, because periodic payments were never owed; the parties chose the one-time structure from the outset. Vertical harmonization also requires the cantonal rule to be interpreted like Art. 37 DBG.