Reform of the withholding tax - can the Gordian knot be untangled?
With its dispatch of April 2021 on the reform of the withholding tax, the Federal Council is making a new attempt to strengthen the domestic debt capital market. The bill is economically necessary and suitable for finding a pragmatic solution that is acceptable to the majority. Parliamentary consultations have already begun.
Withholding tax and debt capital, including the planned revision of the Withholding Tax Act
In terms of withholding tax, we focus on withholding tax on the income from equity securities. In particular, pecuniary benefits occupy us and often lead to emotionally profound experiences and contacts with withholding tax. Similarly, we constantly deal with the question of the refund of withholding tax owed, including the issue of "How can I repatriate profit reserves subject to withholding tax abroad?
Withholding tax reform - "more than meets the eye
The withholding tax reform bill introduced with the Federal Council Dispatch published on 14 April 2021 aims to largely abolish withholding tax on interest income and, as an accompanying measure, to abolish the turnover tax on Swiss bonds. In this context, implementation issues at the banks and financial institutions, the effects of the reform on structured products and group financing, the treatment of substitute payments in securities lending/borrowing transactions and indirect interest investments are examined in greater detail.
Editorial for the special issue "Implementation of the STAF
At zsis we are pleased to be able to provide an overview of the implementation of the corporate tax reform in the individual cantons. The authors not only provide information on the reduction of the profit tax rate, but also highlight the change from tax privileges to ordinary corporate taxation. They also report on the other cantonal particularities.
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Bundesrat approves key points of a reform of the withholding tax
On 26 June 2019, the Federal Council decided to resume the suspended reform of the withholding tax. To this end, it approved the objectives and the key parameters.
FDK comments on the partial abolition of the imputed rental value
In a media release dated 13 June 2019, the Conference of Cantonal Finance Directors (FDK) issued a statement on the proposal of the preliminary advisory commission of the Council of States to reform the taxation of residential property.
Federal Council wants to enable electronic tax returns without signatures
The Federal Council wants to waive the obligation to sign the electronically submitted tax return.
STAF enters into force on 1 January 2020
According to a press release dated 14 June 2019, the Federal Law on Tax Reform and OASI Financing (STAF) will come fully into force on 1 January 2020.
Motion: Parallelism between the limitation rule for VAT and that for withholding tax and stamp duty
The Council of States rejected a motion concerning the parallelism between the statute of limitations rule for VAT and that for withholding tax and stamp duties.
Motion: value added tax. Half-yearly settlement also for the effective settlement method
The National Council has adopted a motion which provides for a half-yearly accounting for the effective accounting method for VAT.
STAF - Abolition of the federal practices for principal companies and Swiss Finance Branches
As part of the implementation of the STAF, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) will no longer apply the federal practices for principal companies and Swiss Finance Branches from 1 January 2020.
FDK publishes survey results on the implementation status of STAF in the cantons
The Conference of Cantonal Finance Directors (FDK) published the results of a survey on the updated implementation status of the Federal Law on Tax Reform and OASI Financing (SV17 / STAF) in a communication dated 10 May 2019.
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