Key legal question
Whether the construction price had to be included in the handover/transfer tax base because the land-right transaction and the construction contract formed an economic unit.
Extracted holding
Yes. The work price is part of the taxable transfer value when the purchase and construction contracts are internally linked and the acquisition would not have occurred without the construction arrangement.
Extracted reasoning
The appellants did not substantiate a constitutional challenge. The cantonal court could rely on several factual elements showing a coordinated project: the landowner ran a project competition, selected the general contractor, and worked purposefully with it throughout the sale and construction process. The chronological order alone was not decisive.