Question juridique clé
Whether the later 30 August 1995 amended accounts could replace the original 4 August 1995 accounts for direct federal tax assessment.
Solution extraite
No. The amended accounts did not show that they had been validly approved under company law and therefore lacked commercial-law probative force for tax purposes.
Motifs extraits
After approval by the general meeting, annual accounts become definitive and cannot be modified. The taxpayer failed to show that the revised accounts had gone through the required audit and shareholder approval within the short time between the two declarations.