Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the board chairman fee paid to the taxpayer's company had to be taxed as the taxpayer's personal income.
Decisione estratta
Yes. In the absence of a clearly documented assignment agreement, the fee was attributable personally to the board member; half of the 2004 payment was therefore taxable as his income.
Motivazione estratta
Board remuneration is presumptively due to the natural person holding the mandate. The taxpayers failed to prove any contractual duty to cede the fee to the company. The lower court's split of the amount, treating CHF 75,000 as compensation for board chairmanship and the remainder as services, was upheld.