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Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Administrative Court published in the week of 20 - 26 April 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 13 - 19 April 2020.

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

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Administrative Court published in the week of 5 - 12 April 2020.

On 7 April 2020, the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) published material adjustments concerning the publications on the Value Added Tax Act (VAT Act).

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Administrative Court published in the week of 30 March - 5 April 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Administrative 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.

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

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 Administrative Court published in the week of 9 - 15 March 2020.

On 10 March 2020, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) published the draft of practical adjustments to the VAT Act on tourism taxes.

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

In the meantime, more than 200,000 taxpayers have already registered on the "ESTV SuisseTax" portal and calculate VAT electronically. The FTA interprets this as a welcome development in the field of digitising VAT declarations and underlines the generally increasing acceptance of online VAT invoicing.

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

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

Companies under uniform management can form a VAT group for the declaration of value added tax (VAT).

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

The first invoices for the corporate tax on radio and TV for the year 2020 are currently being received by the companies subject to the tax.

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

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

Autonomous departments of the same municipality can merge to form a taxable entity. Consequently, only the merger is liable to pay the corporate tax (Art. 70 para. 2 RTVA) and not the individual members.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 10 - 16 February 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Administrative Court published in the week of 10 - 16 February 2020.