Key legal question
Whether bicycle expenses for customer visits are deductible as employment-related travel costs
Extracted holding
No. Costs for bicycle use on customer visits are not covered by the statutory deduction for travel between home and workplace or by the residual work-expense deduction.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 26 para. 1 lit. a DBG covers only commuting costs. Work-related travel costs are reimbursable by the employer under Art. 327a OR and therefore cannot be deducted as necessary professional expenses under Art. 26 para. 1 lit. c DBG.