{"id":93857,"date":"2021-02-14T20:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T20:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/un-gruppo-di-esperti-migliorera-la-piazza-fiscale-svizzera\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T10:34:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T10:34:57","slug":"a-group-of-experts-will-improve-the-swiss-fiscal-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/a-group-of-experts-will-improve-the-swiss-fiscal-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"A group of experts will improve the Swiss fiscal centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>A group of experts will improve the Swiss fiscal centre<\/h1>\n<h3>At the request of Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer, experts from the federal government, the cantons and business and academia are working on 16 areas of action<\/h3>\n<p>In its report, the &#8220;Swiss Tax Square&#8221; group of experts, which is made up of representatives from the federal government, the cantons and business and academia, gave an overall positive assessment of the Swiss tax system.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Department of Finance (FDF) will submit measures to the Federal Council by the end of June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taxation, sixteen fields of action for the Switzerland of the future<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/in-2025-nidwalden-the-best-tax-haven-world\/\"><strong>Nidwalden to be the world&#8217;s best tax haven in 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In its report, the group of experts praises the tax culture and recommends the further cultivation of strengths, but also notes potential for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the expert group formulated 16 fields of action that should strengthen the Swiss location.<\/p>\n<p>Taxation is a headache for many citizens.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Steuerstandort Schweiz (La Piazza Fiscale Svizzera in lingua tedesca)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/En5qBzWvYl4?feature=oembed&#038;width=840&#038;height=1000&#038;discover=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"La Place Fiscale Suisse (La Piazza Fiscale Svizzera in lingua francese)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ERjG6Ce4dQ?feature=oembed&#038;width=840&#038;height=1000&#038;discover=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Research and development, substance, ecology and losses under the lens<\/h3>\n<p>For example, it sees potential in further promoting research and development, reducing taxes that erode substance, expanding ecological incentive taxes, and extending loss compensation, which is currently limited to seven years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/switzerland-the-fantastic-four-direct-democracy\/\"><strong>Switzerland and the &#8220;fantastic four&#8221; of direct democracy<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/competitivenes-spirit-federalism\/\"><strong>The Ethics of Competitiveness and the Spirit of Federalism<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/waldstaette-forest-cantons-swiss\/\"><strong>Waldst\u00e4tte and the &#8220;forest&#8221; cantons at the dawn of Switzerland&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/swiss-monuments-hidden-treasure-to-be-exploited\/\"><strong>Swiss monuments? A &#8220;hidden&#8221; treasure to be exploited&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/athenian-democracy-revive-between-glarus-appenzell\/\"><strong>Athenian Democracy? Revive between Glarus and Appenzell&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/europe-small-states-sketched-federalism\/\"><strong>The Europe of small States and a federalism barely sketched out &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For some areas of action, the legislative process has already begun (withholding tax on interest, abolition of the issue tax on equity capital, partial abolition of the trading tax and introduction of the tonnage tax).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85223\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86116 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kantone_der_Schweiz.png\" alt=\"La Svizzera \u00e8 formata da 26 Stati: i Cantoni\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kantone_der_Schweiz.png 1000w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kantone_der_Schweiz-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kantone_der_Schweiz-768x538.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Switzerland consists of 26 states: the cantons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Comprehensive report to Federal Council by end of June<\/h3>\n<p>On behalf of Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer, the group of experts has examined areas of action to strengthen Switzerland as a tax centre.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to improve the framework conditions for the private sector and make Switzerland an attractive location for investment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/between-what-is-given-and-what-is-received-there-is-the-fiscal-residue\/\"><strong>The tax residue is the difference between what you give and what you receive<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FDF will submit measures based on the recommendations of the group of experts to the Federal Council by the end of June. The Federal Council will then express its opinion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86844\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86844 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Banconote-da-mille-franchi-svizzeri-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Serie di banconote da mille franchi svizzeri\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Banconote-da-mille-franchi-svizzeri-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Banconote-da-mille-franchi-svizzeri-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Banconote-da-mille-franchi-svizzeri-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Banconote-da-mille-franchi-svizzeri-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Banconote-da-mille-franchi-svizzeri.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Series of one thousand Swiss franc banknotes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer, experts from the Confederation, the cantons and the economic and scientific world are working on 16 fields of action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,260,305,257],"tags":[398,404,263,261,265,411,262],"class_list":["post-93857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-highlights","category-politics","category-switzerland","tag-federalism","tag-finance","tag-future","tag-opportunities","tag-politics","tag-tax-competition","tag-taxation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93859,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93857\/revisions\/93859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}