At its meeting on 27 February 2017, the National Council rejected a motion concerning the introduction of a bandwidth model for greater tax justice.

According to a motion by Barbara Gysi (15.3113), the Federal Council should be invited to submit a proposal to create the constitutional basis for regulating the tax burden of all types of taxes within a range model and thus improve tax justice within Switzerland.

At its meeting on 27 January 2017, the National Council (first deliberating council) rejected the motion by 46 votes to 143 with 2 abstentions.

The minutes of the National Council meeting are available here.