Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the liquidation gain from Q. is business income or private-asset income for direct federal tax and cantonal tax
Decisione estratta
The shares were private assets; the liquidation surplus was taxable as income from movable private property.
Motivazione estratta
No evidence showed business assets or self-employment. The taxpayers had never declared business assets, never produced accounting records, and treated the investments themselves as conservative private investments. The lower court's valuation of the evidence was upheld.