Questão jurídica principal
Whether the 2009 lump-sum payment from the vested-benefits account qualified for privileged taxation as a pension withdrawal.
Decisão extraída
No. X. had not taken up a qualifying self-employment in 2009, so the statutory grounds for cash payout and privileged taxation were missing.
Fundamentação extraída
The court found that X. had already ended his sole proprietorship by selling its assets and liabilities as of 30 September 2009 and then only joined the newly formed GmbH as a minority shareholder. This did not amount to a new self-employed activity within the meaning of the pension law.