A fraudulent message is currently circulating which purports to be from the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) and announces an alleged tax refund of CHF 287. This email is a phishing attempt designed to trick you into entering your bank details on a fake government website.Please ignore these emails, do not click on any links they contain, do not disclose any personal information, and delete these emails.

Further measures can be found on the website of the Federal Office for Cyber Security.
Federal Office for Cyber Security

Guide for future taxpayers

Enlivened by numerous illustrations and cartoons, this brochure aims to provide readers with an overview of income and wealth tax for natural persons in generally understandable language. It also takes a closer look at specific tax issues that younger and new taxpayers in particular are often confronted with.

As English is not one of Switzerland's official languages, only the most important information is translated into English. Please refer to the German, French or Italian original version.