Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court could itself proceed with a taxation by estimate in federal direct tax proceedings
Extracted holding
Yes. The cantonal appellate court had competence to estimate taxable income and could cure any prior procedural defect.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 109 AIFD, read with the remedial nature of tax appeal proceedings, did not exclude estimation under Art. 92 AIFD; the taxpayer had again been summoned and had failed to cooperate.