Crossing into Germany to go shopping is usually cheaper - and that’s before you add the tax savings. Here’s how you can claim back tax when shopping in Germany.
Income tax in Switzerland is a complicated affair and how much you pay can depend on what you earn, your family status but also where you live. Here's an explanation of how it works.
Residents of Switzerland’s largest canton will have to pay less tax in the coming two years after Zurich passed its first tax cut in 18 years, although anyone hoping for big savings might be in for a shock.
In many people’s minds, Switzerland is where wealthy foreigners stash their money to avoid the glaring eyes of the tax man. But is this reputation justified?
From one return per house to tax-deductible bribes, we've listed some of the oddest tax rules in Switzerland and the punishments you face if you don't pay them.
From September 1st, cross-border commuters based in France but employed in Switzerland will no longer be able to work from home for the whole week without having to change their tax status.
This week the cantons of Geneva and Ticino have paid the total of 405 million Swiss francs to France and Italy as financial compensation for their cross-border workers.
A new treaty signed by Switzerland and Germany is entering into force on June 11th and may affect German ‘Grenzübergänger', as the cross-border employees are known.
Car advocates have warned new laws restricting CO2 emissions, set to come into effect in 2019, may make some car models up to CHF10,000 more expensive in Switzerland.
A proposal currently being debated in the Council of States would see potentially significant increases to flight, petrol prices and heating costs across Switzerland in a bid to combat CO2 emissions.
A Swiss man who admitted to spying on German tax officials was given a suspended sentence and fined by a German court, in a case that has tested ties between Berlin and Bern.
German prosecutors have opened a probe against three Swiss intelligence agents on suspicion of spying on German authorities hunting tax cheats in a case that has strained cross-border relations, local media reported Monday.
Just a fortnight after the revelation that Switzerland conducted a spying mission in Germany in 2012, media in the two countries have reported that the neighbouring nations recently signed an agreement to stop all such espionage.
Berlin on Tuesday asked the Swiss ambassador to clarify the case of an alleged Swiss spy suspected of monitoring German finance investigators who pursue cross-border tax cheats.
A suspected Swiss spy arrested in Germany was allegedly surveilling finance investigators involved in the purchase of data CDs on tax cheats in Switzerland, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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