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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.

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

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

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the weeks from 27 July - 9 August 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the weeks from 13 July - 26 July 2020.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Zurich Administrative Court published in June and July 2020.

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

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the weeks from 29 June - 12 July 2020.

The FTA published the 2019 tax statistics, which provide information on tax revenues and statistical analyses of natural and legal persons in Switzerland.

Overview of the tax law decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court published in the week of 22 - 28 June 2020.

The Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has revised the publication "Guide for future taxpayers". It provides an overview of the assessment of income and wealth taxes for individuals.

At its meeting on 19 June 2020, the Federal Council took note of the report on a possible need to adapt tax law in the area of block chaining. The report comes to the conclusion that there is no need for specific legislative adjustments in tax law.

On 29 May 2020, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) updated the article "Current Taxes" from the Tax Information dossier.

On May 20, 2020, the Bundesrat passed a bill to digitize tax procedures.