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Welcome to the media office of the Federal Tax Administration FTA. The FTA Communications unit supports media representatives with media information in the area of taxation at federal level. Due to tax secrecy in Switzerland, we do not provide information on specific tax cases. Media professionals can contact Adrian Grob (media spokesperson), Nadine Ellis (media spokesperson) or Patrick Teuscher (Head of Communications): media(at)estv.admin.ch; +41 58 464 90 00.
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Media information is subject to certain restrictions as a result of tax secrecy or international agreements:
- Media enquiries about specific tax cases can only be answered in general terms to ensure that no conclusions can be drawn about specific cases due to tax secrecy.
- Media enquiries about specific instances of international tax assistance are subject to the confidentiality clause in double taxation agreements and can only be answered in general terms.
Press releases and news on FTA topics
Course listings (ICTax)
The Federal Tax Administration has updated the course listings and bonus shares 2024, 2025 and 2026.
New FTA portal
From 11 May, the FTA portal will bring together numerous FTA online services in a single overview. The FTA portal combines permissions and services from ePortal in one central location. The FTA is gradually migrating the online services to the new FTA portal.
Top-up tax: temporal application and exercise of elections of the administrative guidance of 5 January 2026 on the Side-by-Side Package
The FTA provides information on the effective date of the new safe harbor rules in the context of the minimum taxation of large multinational corporate groups. With regard to the applicable accounting standard for the Simplified ETR Safe Harbor, reference is made to Article 9 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Minimum Taxation Ordinance (OMinT).
Top-up tax: application of the administrative guidance on Article 9.1 of the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules adopted on 13 January 2025
In the context of the minimum taxation of large multinational corporate groups, the FTA provides information on the application of the administrative guidance on Article 9.1 of the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules adopted on 13 January 2025 in connection with two adopted motions of identical wording. The FTA clarifies that the administrative guidance and the Grace Period Limitation set out therein must be applied pursuant to applicable law and until the Federal Council decides on a possible amendment to the OMinT, and establishes how the declaration for the relevant top-up tax returns is to be made.
Course listings (ICTax)
The Federal Tax Administration has updated the course listings and bonus shares 2025 and 2026.
News
Course listings (ICTax)
The Federal Tax Administration has updated the course listings and bonus shares 2024, 2025 and 2026.
New FTA portal
From 11 May, the FTA portal will bring together numerous FTA online services in a single overview. The FTA portal combines permissions and services from ePortal in one central location. The FTA is gradually migrating the online services to the new FTA portal.
Top-up tax: temporal application and exercise of elections of the administrative guidance of 5 January 2026 on the Side-by-Side Package
The FTA provides information on the effective date of the new safe harbor rules in the context of the minimum taxation of large multinational corporate groups. With regard to the applicable accounting standard for the Simplified ETR Safe Harbor, reference is made to Article 9 paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Minimum Taxation Ordinance (OMinT).
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