Nils Güggi to oversee Swiss foundations
The 43-year-old jurist will take over June 1 from Helena Antonio, who has led the Federal Capital Institutions Review Authority for the…
IMF: “Very effective pandemic management in Switzerland”
Bern lagged economically by 2.9 percent in 2020, but will grow by 3.5 and is ready for the challenges of retirement and climate change
Bankruptcies and debt enforcement in decline throughout Switzerland
In 2020, corporate dissolutions and precepts fell 6.6 percent (-18.2 in Ticino...) and 13.3 percent, respectively, compared to 2019
Download the Swiss Confederation’s Annual Report 2020 here
A general overview of Swiss finances is available in three languages in electronic form on the website of the Federal Finance…
Here for free the volume “Public Finance 2020” of Switzerland
The new brochure of the Federal Finance Administration (FFA) presents the most important figures of the Confederation, cantons,…
Private use of company cars: higher deduction
In Switzerland, taxation of the use of the employer's vehicles must be on a flat-rate basis and must also include transport costs for…
Online trade: more customs security between Switzerland and the EU
Bern will participate in the "Import Control System 2", whereby data will already be transmitted during shipment from the country of…
The canton of Zug is not satisfied: taxation even lower…
An initiative accepted by 67 percent of voters will create new deductions and "mini" rates for three years, in a square already free of…
Spannaus: “Biden and his people have learned the lessons of Trump”
For the political analyst, the new president will have to balance the cravings of an America steeped in ostentatious federalism with…
COVID19 & Switzerland: reopenings yes, but free exams for all
Il Consiglio Federale desidera che la Confederazione si assuma l'intero costo dei test fai-da-te per incentivare la popolazione a farsi…
WEF: Federal aid to the Canton of Graubünden from 2022 to 2024
The Swiss government will invest 2.55 million francs a year for three years and deploy 5,000 military personnel for the security of the…
Up the income of Swiss households, but…
Bank Cler's "Swiss Income Monitor" analysis found increases of CHF 3,500 and CHF 5,400 on median and average earnings, alongside greater…
Swiss SMEs have saved more than 2 billion on duties
Thanks to Free Trade Agreements, 140,000 Swiss companies have made use of special reduced rates, 55,000 of them for all transactions.
Dairy products and agrotourism? Excellent in Switzerland
The Agroscope agency and an external partner examined in Ettenhausen data from 3,500 farms and three different strategies for dairy farms
Taxation, sixteen fields of action for the Switzerland of the future
Amidst lights and shadows, experts have developed new principles on which to guide tax policy debates through a dialogue based on trust
A group of experts will improve the Swiss fiscal centre
On behalf of Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer, experts from the Confederation, the cantons and the economic and scientific world are working…