Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the federal capital-gain tax had to be charged to the bankruptcy estate as a mass debt from the sale proceeds
Decisione estratta
The surveillance authorities could not finally decide the substantive tax-debt qualification; the contestant must bring an action against the estate before the competent tax authority/court once the definitive tax assessment is notified.
Motivazione estratta
A dispute over whether the tax is a mass debt or an ordinary claim concerns the merits of the tax claim and lies outside the supervisory authorities' competence. The sale conditions did not preclude this treatment because mass debts need not appear in the collocation or charge schedules.