Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Cantonal Tax Administration could reopen the 2003 assessment as a tax reassessment rather than a mere correction.
Decisão extraída
The reopening was treated as a valid tax reassessment because the Bernese tax authority's report constituted a new fact not previously known to the Freiburg authority.
Fundamentação extraída
Although the notice was labeled as a correction, the reasons made clear that the authority relied on Art. 151 DBG. The simulated nature of the loan was not evident from the original tax return, so the new information justified a reassessment; the hearing defect was cured on appeal.