Key legal question
Whether the transfer of voting majority shares in a real-estate company is a taxable economic transfer for transfer tax purposes.
Extracted holding
Yes. Acquiring the voting majority transferred economic control over the company’s real estate and therefore triggered the transfer tax.
Extracted reasoning
Under the cantonal statute, an economic transfer exists when a third party gains control over a property as an owner would. A majority of voting rights in a real-estate company is sufficient because it conveys control over the company’s properties.