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Overview of the tax law decisions of the Zurich Administrative Court published in June and July 2020.

On 13 July 2020, the FTA published Circular Letter No. 49 "Proof of business-related expenses for foreign transactions abroad" and Circular Letter No. 50 "Inadmissibility of tax deduction of bribes paid to public officials".

The FTA published the 2019 tax statistics, which provide information on tax revenues and statistical analyses of natural and legal persons in Switzerland.

On 26 June 2020, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) updated the article "Taxation of Legal Entities" and "Brief Overview of the Taxation of Legal Entities" from the Tax Information dossier.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Administrative Court of Zurich and the decisions of the Tax Appeal Court of Zurich published in May and June 2020.

On June 4, 2020, the Swiss Tax Conference (SSK) published an analysis of the additional deduction of research and development expenses under Art. 10a and Art. 25a of the Tax Harmonization Act (StHG).

At its meeting on 19 June 2020, the Federal Council took note of the report on a possible need to adapt tax law in the area of block chaining. The report comes to the conclusion that there is no need for specific legislative adjustments in tax law.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 25 - 31 May 2020.

On 29 May 2020, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) updated the article "Current Taxes" from the Tax Information dossier.

On May 20, 2020, the Bundesrat passed a bill to digitize tax procedures.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 11 - 17 May 2020.

The statistics published on 27 April 2020 by the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) provide information on the federal government's fiscal revenues in 2019 and the chronological development of legislation.

The Federal Tax Administration (FTA) published its 2019 Activity Report on 17 April 2020. 

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Administrative Court of Zurich and the decisions of the Tax Appeal Court of Zurich, published in March/early April 2020

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 23 - 29 March 2020.

On 26 March 2020, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) published measures due to the coronavirus, referring to the package of measures adopted by the Federal Council. On 24 March 2020, it also issued a corresponding circular concerning payment facilities for direct federal tax.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 16 - 22 March 2020.

The FTA informs that in the event of a telephone line overload, the e-mail channel should be used first (contact FTA), as this type of communication can be handled more quickly.

At its meeting on 20 March 2020, the Federal Council approved various measures to cushion the economic consequences of the coronavirus.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 9 - 15 March 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 2 - 8 March 2020.

At its meeting on 6 March 2020, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the popular initiative "Relieve the burden on wages, tax capital fairly" (unofficially "99% initiative").

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 24 February - 1 March 2020.

The federal budget ends the year 2019 with a high ordinary surplus of CHF 3.1 billion.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 17 - 23 February 2020.