Key legal question
Whether the CHF 70,000 pension buyback made in 2004 was deductible for source tax purposes.
Extracted holding
No deduction was allowed because the buyback formed part of an abusive tax-avoidance arrangement.
Extracted reasoning
The buyback was followed shortly by an early withdrawal and then another equal buyback, showing an insolite structure used mainly to obtain a tax deduction while retaining access to pension capital; the arrangement produced a substantial tax saving.