Key legal question
Whether the 2009 goodwill depreciation on the acquired shareholding was tax-deductible for direct federal tax
Extracted holding
The depreciation was not commercially justified and had to be added back; the appeal fails.
Extracted reasoning
The court accepted a static valuation based mainly on the tested 2008 and 2009 accounts. Given the short holding period, the atypical spin-off origin of the subsidiary, and the lack of reliable historical operating experience, the authorities could rely on the purchase price and accounts rather than a dynamic impairment approach.