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Security alert

Warning ─ Phishing Attempt !

Updated on 5 Nov 2026

Fraudulent emails are currently in circulation that are falsely sent on behalf of the FTA. These emails ask you to update your tax details or contain purported surveys designed to gather personal information. Official emails from the FTA are sent exclusively from addresses ending in @admin.ch or a corresponding subdomain of @***.admin.ch. Please ignore any suspicious messages, do not open any attachments, do not click on any links and do not disclose any personal details. Thank you for your vigilance.

Foreign exchange rates FTA

The Federal Tax Administration FTA and all cantonal tax administrations estimate taxes in Swiss francs. Compensation, wages, income, etc. paid to the taxpayer in a foreign currency must therefore be converted into Swiss francs. For this purpose, the various exchange rates of the foreign currencies are provided by the FTA. Please note that the exchange rates of the foreign currencies vary depending on the tax.

Value added tax

For the conversion of charges in foreign currency, either the monthly average rate published by the Federal Tax Administration FTA or the daily exchange rate (sell) can be used. Taxable persons who are part of a group can use their internal group exchange rate for the conversion.

Federal income tax

Course listings

These lists contain the daily exchange rates, which are closing spot rates (rates on the respective day). The annual average rates and the exchange rates for banknotes and banknotes as at 31 December are also published in this way. These rates are provided for the conversion of tax-relevant income and assets into CHF, among other things.

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