New regulation of the enforcement of tax claims: The end of special execution for legal entities
Since January 1, 2025, tax claims against sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and other legal entities entered in the commercial register must be asserted in bankruptcy proceedings. The abolition of special execution has far-reaching consequences for companies, authorities and practitioners. This article sheds light on the new legal situation, points out risks, particularly in the enforcement of assessment notices from the FTA or provisionally assessed taxes from the cantonal tax administrations, clarifies key terms such as bankruptcy and mass liabilities and shows what taxpayers need to pay particular attention to in future.
Charitable foundations in tax law - open questions
Non-profit status depends largely on the framework conditions. If these are right, people are willing to make a contribution - be it through donations or volunteering. Tax law provides important incentives: it exempts charitable organizations from tax liability and allows donations to charitable organizations to be deducted from taxable income. Tax law has thus made a significant contribution to the strong growth of the charitable sector in recent years. The foundation sector is booming.
Tax exemption for charitable organizations with a few Basel treats
The charitable sector is of enormous importance in Switzerland. With around 13,900 foundations, Switzerland has the highest density of foundations in Europe. These foundations are managed by around 62,000 foundation board members. Foundation assets are estimated at CHF 140 billion. With distributions of CHF 1.5 to 2.0 billion per year, charitable foundations in Switzerland make a valuable contribution. The recipe for success is in particular the favorable legal framework in Switzerland, first and foremost the standards for tax exemption due to charitable status.
Tax exemption for charitable institutions - New practice definitions in Zurich
This article discusses the new practice in the Canton of Zurich regarding the tax exemption of charitable institutions, which has been published since February 2024. First, procedural issues, in particular the application for tax exemption, are discussed. It then looks at the key points of the practice determinations, i.e. compensation for governing bodies, activities abroad and entrepreneurial funding models.
Compensation paid by Swiss companies to foreign directors
This video provides information on the possible tax and social security implications of a board of directors resident in an EU country in the case of a Swiss company limited by shares if the board of directors is also self-employed in its country of residence.
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.
Federal Council initiates consultation on STAF regulations concerning the deduction of interest on capital and foreign withholding taxes
On April 10, 2019, the Federal Council sent the ordinances for the implementation of STAF (tax reform and AHV financing) for consultation.
National Council wants to prevent double taxation of companies
The National Council wants to do something about double taxation of companies. To this end, the cantons should be empowered to reduce the wealth tax.
New tax rule for systemically important banks comes into force
The federal law on the calculation of the participation deduction for systemically important banks will enter into force retroactively as of 1 January 2019. This was decided by the Federal Council at its meeting on 8 March 2019.
National Council wants to facilitate intra-group financing
The Federal Council should resume work on the reform of the withholding tax - with a view to tax relief for intra-group financing. This is what the National Council demands. On Wednesday he adopted a motion from his economic commission. Opponents warned of tax shortfalls.
Adjustment of the price list regarding the Direct Federal Tax 2018
On 11 March 2019, the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) published an adjustment to the share price lists (ICTax) regarding the Federal Direct Tax 2018.
Current problems of taxation of joint stock company and shareholder (2023)
Workshop on the Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders by Oliver Jäggi and Benno Eberhard on the occasion of the ISIS seminar "Corporate Tax Law 2023" on June 19/20, 2023.
Tax law challenges of personal companies (2023)
Workshop on the tax law challenges of partnerships by Susanne Schreiber and Toni Hess on the occasion of the ISIS seminar "Corporate Tax Law 2023" on June 19/20, 2023.
Seminar folder ISIS)-Seminar "Startups - Tax and Duty Law Challenges (1/2)" (2023)
Case studies, detailed solution notes and slides: Here you will receive all documents of the individual workshops according to the following content description from the ISIS) seminar "Startups - Tax and Tax Law Challenges (1/2)" from 07 June 2023 under the direction of Ruth Bloch-Riemer.
