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Email phishing

Updated on 2 Apr 2026

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.

Swiss tax statistics

Here you will find information on tax statistics, tax burdens and tax receipts in Switzerland.
The statistics provide information on value added tax, direct federal tax, withholding tax, stamp duty, the capital contribution principle and the wealth of individuals. The statistics also show the tax burden in cantons and communes, with an overview of tax rates, tax multipliers and deductions.
Use the tax calculator to calculate cantonal, communal, church and state taxes.

Tax calculator: Calculate and compare taxes

Tax calculator for individual tax calculations, historical tax burden statistics, cantonal tax data

Tax burden Switzerland

Tax burdens in Switzerland, cantonal capitals, communes

Tax multipliers, tax deductions and tax rates

Municipalities and cantons have their own tax rates and tax bases.

Key figures FTA

FTA receipts and key figures

News

7 April 2026

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).

7 April 2026

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.

7 April 2026

Course listings (ICTax)

The Federal Tax Administration has updated the course listings and bonus shares 2025 and 2026.

More tax statistics can be found on the German and French versions of this site.

Questions and answers about Swiss tax statistics

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