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

Tax benefits

There are exceptions in the Swiss tax system, known as tax relief. Information on these tax relief measures can be found on this page.

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.