Question juridique clé
Whether the merger transfer of the parcels constituted a taxable economic handover under the Solothurn handover tax rules.
Solution extraite
Yes. The transfer of the properties from the real estate companies to the operating company changed the economic control over the land and was therefore taxable.
Motifs extraits
Economic handover exists when economic control over a property changes. Here the properties moved from the D. AG-controlled real estate companies to A. AG, an operating company with independent ownership position.