Swiss Municipalities Ranking 2024: Central Switzerland Leads the Way
The best municipalities for living in Switzerland are in Central Switzerland, with Meggen (LU) in first place, followed by Hergiswil (NW)…
Federalism: A comparative analysis between Switzerland and other federal countries
Federalism is a system of government in which powers are divided between a central government and various sub-national units of government,…
Value Added Tax (VAT) Rates Worldwide: Overview of Consumption Taxes
The Value Added Tax (VAT) is one of the primary revenue collection tools in many countries around the world and can vary significantly from…
Swiss cantons improve their fiscal attractiveness
The "BAK Taxation Index" unveiled a drop from 16.9 percent to 13.9 percent in ordinary burden, using 2017 as the "pre-RFFA" baseline year
Meeting in Bern between the heads of the Confederation and the OECD
Guy Parmelin and Ueli Maurer on taxation with Mathias Cormann, new Secretary of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Free trade “to the max” between the United Kingdom and Liechtenstein
Minister Dominique Hasler signed in London the most comprehensive agreement ever for the Principality's access to another country's markets
And Switzerland will chair the European tax body…
Marc Bugnon, Director of the Federal Tax Administration, at the head of the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations
Towards measures for a competitive Swiss economy
In the context of the fiscal policy of the OSCE and G20, Bern will focus on innovation, sustainable growth, a high level of prosperity and…
For Standard & Poor’s Liechtenstein is a triple A country
In its report of May 31, 2021, the agency S&P Global confirmed the Principality's rating with the highest expected grade on account of the…
When the real problem is not the “how much” but the “why”
The issue of tax pressure in Italy is never addressed from the point of view of the people, but always and only from the technical point of…
364.3 million requested for federal buildings
The government has adopted the 2021 dispatch on constructions that are useful to Switzerland, from the Swimming Centre in Tenero to the…
New inheritance law effective January 1, 2023
In future, Swiss heirs will be able to freely dispose of a larger portion of the estate, with a reduction for their children from three…
BAK Economics: “No strong inflation in Switzerland…”
Rising prices are creating unease and concern, but the institute with offices in Basel, Zurich and Lugano believes the fears are unfounded,…
Still very little interest in the carry-over procedure
Direct VAT payments for imports to the Federal Tax Administration instead of the Federal Customs Administration do not take off
Swiss market more attractive for foundations in the future?
Yes of the Federal Council to a parliamentary initiative that aims to simplify the ancillary changes to the certificate of incorporation…
Consumer confidence in Switzerland at pre-crisis level
SECO's April survey shows that expectations about general economic developments and euphoria about employment have improved in particular