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The Federal Tax Administration has updated the selected parliamentary business in the tax area at federal level on 1 July 2021.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 21 - 27 June 2021.

The brochure "The Swiss Tax System" was updated on 22 June 2021. It provides an overview of taxes at federal, cantonal and communal level and addresses cantonal peculiarities.

On 16 June 2021, the Finance Directorate of the Canton of Zurich announced that the rates and deductions for income and wealth tax will not be adjusted for inflation, as this has been negative since 2012.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Zurich Administrative Court published in May 2021.

The "Current taxes" dossier was updated on 27 May 2021.

On 27 April 2021, the FTA updated the information "Wealth tax for natural persons" from the Tax Information dossier.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published during the week of 29 March - 4 April 2021.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published during the week of 22 - 28 March 2021.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published during the week of 15 - 21 February 2021.

According to a media release dated 11 February 2021, the Finance Directorate of the Canton of Zurich is having the development of property values in the Canton of Zurich thoroughly clarified.

The group of experts on Switzerland as a tax location, which is made up of various representatives of the Confederation, the cantons and the business community, has formulated 16 fields of action in which it sees potential for tax improvements in Switzerland.

The 2020 online tax return for individuals can now be submitted without a signature and all supporting documents can be uploaded.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the weeks 1 - 10 January 2021.

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

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

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

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

The Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has published a revised version of the overview of selected parliamentary business in the tax field at federal level

On 5 November 2020, the FTA updated the article "Family Taxation" from the tax information dossier.

The Swiss Tax Conference published an updated version of SSK-KS 28 on 3 November, which concerns the calculation of the capitalisation rate for determining the capitalised earnings value and a clarification of the practice for the valuation of start-up companies.

On 29 May 2020, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) published a revised version of the overview of selected parliamentary business in the tax area at federal level

The Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has updated the statistics on the capital contribution principle (capital contributions, repayments and other changes) as of 30 September 2020.

On 21 September 2020, the National Council adopted the Federal Law on Electronic Procedures in the Tax Field, with the following amendments in particular.

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