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Digital threats

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.

Tax brochures

The tax folders are brief overviews for the whole of Switzerland (federal/cantonal) of various types of income and deductions for income and wealth taxes for natural persons, tax rates for profit and capital taxes for legal entities, inheritance and gift taxes, and property gains tax.

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.