Questão jurídica principal
Whether the company could deduct carried-forward losses after the restructuring and business takeover.
Decisão extraída
The loss carryforward was denied because the restructuring amounted to tax avoidance.
Fundamentação extraída
The combined transactions were unusual and economically nonsensical: a loss-making, overindebted company took over a profitable pharmacy business from its shareholder, creating a structure that would have been unlikely between independent parties and produced a significant tax saving.