The Council of States, as the first Council to deal with the matter, has adopted a motion to delete the obligation to sign the tax return.
The motion by Martin Schmid to remove the obligation to sign the tax return (17,3371) was adopted by the Council of States in its meeting on 19 September 2017.
The Federal Council should be instructed to amend the Federal Act on Direct Federal Tax (DBG), the Federal Act on the Harmonisation of Direct Taxes of the Cantons and Municipalities (StHG) and the Withholding Tax Act (VStG) so that tax returns or the application for a refund of withholding tax no longer need to be signed.
