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.

Updates to VAT practice, drafts, practice consultation

The FTA publishes updates to its VAT practice as drafts and provides the possibility to its partners to submit comments (practice consultation).

Draft of the VAT practice – practice consultation (deadline for comments is running)

Form

Drafts of the VAT practice are labelled with the following note: «Draft dated xx.xx.202x» (as a watermark diagonally per page). The title page of the respective draft contains the following note: «Draft dated xx.xx.202x prior to the practice consultation by the Consultative Committee».
The drafts in connection with the partial revision of the VAT Act are labelled with the abbreviation «revVATA» in the title.

If no documents are currently displayed here, there are no drafts at this stage.

Draft of the VAT practice – practice consultation (deadline for comments closed)

If no documents are currently displayed here, there are no drafts at this stage.

Please note: only the German and French version are published. Unfortunately, translation into Italian and English will not be possible in due time. It has therefore been decided that no draft version in Italian and English language will be published. The final version of the VAT Info No. 27 will be available in all four languages.

Publications on VAT practice

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact us using the contact form.

Specific enquiries (German)

Federal Tax Administration FTA
Main Division Value Added Tax
Schwarztorstrasse 50
3003 Berne