Key legal question
Whether pillar 3a contributions are deductible for a Swiss resident not insured with the Swiss AHV.
Extracted holding
No. The right to make pillar 3a contributions and deduct them depends on AHV coverage under Art. 82 BVG in conjunction with Art. 5 BVG; the claimant was not AHV-insured.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the cross-reference in Art. 82 BVG uses the same personal scope as the BVG, and no clear reason exists to depart from Art. 5 BVG. The absence of Swiss AHV coverage therefore excludes the pillar 3a deduction.