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The FTA and the FSO have commissioned a legal opinion on the collection of tax data from the cantons. The legal opinion concludes that the Confederation has the legal basis to obtain direct tax data from the cantonal tax authorities.

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 Supreme Court published in the week of 13 - 19 January 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 23 - 29 December 2019.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 16 - 22 December 2019.

In its media release of 5 November 2019, the WAK informed the National Council about the parliamentary initiative on turnover and insurance levies, on the reform of withholding tax and on legal form neutrality in company taxation.

On 15 November 2019, initiators around Prof. Dr. Marc Chesney and former Federal Council spokesman Oswald Sigg announced to the media that a collection of signatures for a popular initiative for a "micro-tax" would start in January 2020.

On 4 November 2019, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) published an overview of federal legislative and regulatory projects for the years 2020 - 2022.

At its meeting on 7 December 2018, the Federal Council approved a prospective study on the effects of robotization in the economy on taxation and on the financing of social insurance.

The Motion "Fees at the federal level. Compliance with the principle of equivalence and cost recovery" was accepted by both parliamentary councils.

The article "Environmental charges" from the tax information dossier has been updated.

From 1 January 2019, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) will levy the corporate tax on radio and television. With the portal ESTV SuisseTax "Abgabe Radio TV" the FTA simplifies the payment of the company levy.

At its meeting on 14 September 2018, the Federal Council decided to bring the revised Federal Act on the Military Compulsory Replacement Tax (WPEG) into force on 1 January 2019.

On 29 August 2018, the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) published the explanatory report on the partial revision of the Radio and Television Ordinance (RTVO).

On 20 March 2018, the article "Difference between taxes and other public charges" from the tax file of the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) was updated.

In its session of 28 February 2018, the National Council rejected the postulate "Examination of the advisability of taxing robots".

From 1 January 2019, the new device-independent levy for radio and television (RTV levy) will be charged to households and businesses.

At its meeting on 18 October 2017, the Federal Council set the level and date for the entry into force of the radio and television fee.

In view of the large number of speakers, the National Council is postponing its deliberations on the popular initiative concerning the abolition of the Billag fees until 25 September 2017 and will then complete its deliberations on the popular initiative in an open-ended session.

In the canton of Ticino, there will be a uniform regulation on the waste disposal fee in future.

At its meeting of 28 February 2017, the Council of States adopted the amendments to the Tobacco Tax Act.