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Email phishing

Updated on 2 Apr 2026

Phishing emails purporting to be from the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) are currently in circulation. These claim to contain an official notification regarding a refund. Please ignore these emails, do not click on any links they contain, do not disclose any personal data and delete these emails. Further measures can be found on the website of the Federal Office for Cyber Security.

Published on 3 February 2025

Anticipatory Tax (Swiss Withholding Tax)

Dear visitor

To access this website you are using a link that will soon no longer work.
Please use this new link from now on:

/content/estv/en/home/anticipatory-tax.html

Kind regards

Federal Tax Administration FTA
Communication
Eigerstrasse 65
3003 Berne