Key legal question
Whether Verwaltungsgerichtsbeschwerde was the correct remedy for cantonal tax on extraordinary income under transitional harmonization rules.
Extracted holding
Yes. Because the case concerned extraordinary income under the cantonal transitional regime governed by harmonized law, Verwaltungsgerichtsbeschwerde was admissible.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 73 StHG applies; cantonal law had to be harmonized already from 1999 under Art. 69 StHG, so the federal administrative appeal route was open even for cantonal taxes.