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

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

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

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.

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.

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 Administrative Court published in the week of 24 February - 1 March 2020.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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).