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Security alert

Phishing attempt posing as the FTA

Updated on 21 May 2026

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.

Media and news

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.

Communications

Read the valid AFC communiqués here.

News FTA

Overview of sent messages

Subscribing to news

Subscribers to www.news.admin.ch/abo can regularly receive news from the website of the FDF and its agencies via e-mail.

For tax-related media information from the Federal Department of Finance, please select FDF media releases.

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

FDF press releases

Questions and answers for media representatives

News

Contact

Contact form

media(at)estv.admin.ch

+41 58 464 90 00

Federal Tax Administration FTA
Communication
Eigerstrasse 65
3003 Berne