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.

https://www.estv.admin.ch/en/digital-threats
Here you will find further information on digital threats.

Joint taxation

On 27 March 2024, the Centre Party submitted a popular initiative entitled “Ja zu fairen Bundessteuern auch für Ehepaare – Diskriminierung der Ehe endlich abschaffen!”. It calls for married couples to be taxed jointly and not disadvantaged compared to other taxpayers.

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.