Key legal question
Whether the company could deduct carried-forward losses after the restructuring and business takeover.
Extracted holding
The loss carryforward was denied because the restructuring amounted to tax avoidance.
Extracted reasoning
The combined transactions were unusual and economically nonsensical: a loss-making, overindebted company took over a profitable pharmacy business from its shareholder, creating a structure that would have been unlikely between independent parties and produced a significant tax saving.