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Since 1 January 2024 [1] the rates are 8.1% standard rate, 2.6% reduced rate and 3.8% special rate for lodging services. With the exception of the mail order provision ( Art. 7 Para. 3 Let. b VAT Act ), the partially revised Value Added Tax Act (VAT Act) and the partially revised Value Added Tax Ordinance entered into force on 1 January 2018.
The new rule applies to companies with at least €750 million in annual turnover, which is said to represent only about 1% of the companies based in Switzerland. These rules do not do away with some special regimes in Switzerland that benefit holding companies including tax relief on divideds and capital gains. [35]
EU VAT Tax Rates. The European Union value-added tax (or EU VAT) is a value added tax on goods and services within the European Union (EU). The EU's institutions do not collect the tax, but EU member states are each required to adopt in national legislation a value added tax that complies with the EU VAT code.
Events in the year 2022 in Switzerland. Incumbents. President of the Swiss Confederation: ... This page was last edited on 3 November 2024, at 10:12 (UTC).
For the year 2010 92.6% of all the confederations income (a total of 62.833 billion CHF) were gained from tax revenues. The largest part of it, 32.9% came from the value-added tax (VAT). The second most important tax revenue in 2010 was the direct federal tax which contributed 28.5% of the whole budget.
The contraction also became apparent in Switzerland's energy consumption and export growth rates. Switzerland's economy averaged no appreciable increase (only 0.6% annually) in GDP. After enjoying unemployment rates lower than 1% before 1990, the three-year recession also caused the unemployment rate to rise to its all-time peak of 5.3% in 1997.
The goal is for Switzerland to become climate neutral by 2050. On the Amendment of 16 December 2022 to the COVID-19 Act: An amendment extending until mid-2024 the period of application for the legal provisions on certain measures in the COVID-19 Act such as COVID certificates or imports of medicines for severe COVID-19 related diseases.
From 1 January 2020, the valid VAT number of the customer is a material requirement to be able to apply the zero VAT rate for intra-Community supplies of goods in the EU. If the customer’s VAT number is not valid, 0% VAT rate cannot be applied. Companies must make sure that the VAT numbers of their customers are checked. [4]