Key legal question
Whether the self-used 7.5-room apartment in the business property belonged to business or private assets under Art. 18 DBG
Extracted holding
The apartment did not serve the taxpayers' self-employment predominantly and therefore belonged to private assets.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 18(2) DBG, a self-used dwelling in a business property is business assets only exceptionally, when it actually and predominantly serves the activity. Mere operational convenience, presence interest, or bookkeeping treatment is insufficient; the changed economic reality means such dwellings are normally private assets.