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Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 18 - 24 January 2021.

On 22 January 2021, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) updated the publication "Tax burden in international comparison" and made the 2020 version available.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the weeks of 21 - 31 December 2020.

Circular No. 16 concerning "Inadmissibility of the tax deduction of bribes" and concerning "Evidence of business-related expenses in foreign-foreign transactions" were both repealed and replaced by Circular No. 50.

On 17 December 2020, the FTA updated the article "Main features of the Swiss tax system" from the Tax Information dossier.

The State Secretariat for International Financial Matters SIF has concluded a mutual agreement with the Philippines on the recognition and provision of Philippine tax residency certificates. This agreement will enter into force on 10 December 2020.

The FTA has published the circular "Mutations in the Cantonal Supervision Division as of 1 January 2021".

The FTA has published the report "Development of the corporate tax burden in Switzerland from 2003 to 2020: Analysis at the municipal level".

The Zurich Cantonal Tax Office has published information on the new cantonal segregation rules for foreign permanent establishments.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week from 30 November 2020 - 6 December 2020.

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

The Federal Tax Administration (FTA) updates the lists of changes in laws and ordinances relating to direct federal tax, value added tax, withholding tax and stamp duties.

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

This week, the cantonal tax office in Zurich published information sheets on the patent box, forms for calculating STAF reductions and an information sheet on the participation deduction.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Zurich Administrative Court published in September/October 2020.

On 30 October 2020 the FTA published the 2017 tax statistics.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 19 - 25 October 2020.

On 25 September 2020, the cantonal tax office in Zurich published a new information sheet on the additional deduction for research and development expenses.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 14 - 20 September 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 7 - 13 September 2020.

The Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has updated the list of changes to laws and ordinances on direct federal tax, value added tax, withholding tax and stamp duties.

On behalf of Finance Minister Ueli Maurer, a tax policy agenda is to be adopted by the end of 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Zurich Tax Appeal Court published in July/August 2020.

In the course of August 2020, the Federal Council commented on various motions, postulates and interpellations (tax amnesty, micro-tax, VAT, etc.).

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the weeks from 10 - 23 August 2020.