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The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS) (German Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit (BAZG); French Office fédéral de la douane et de la sécurité des frontières (OFDF); Italian Ufficio Federale della dogana e della sicurezza dei confini (UDSC); Rhaeto-Romanic Uffizi federal de la duana e de la segirezza dals cunfins (UDSC)) is a federal agency of the Swiss Confederation.
SR 631.0 – Customs Act 2005 2007 Regulates Swiss customs (incl. movement of goods and people) 63 Finance -Customs Zollgesetz, ZG Loi sur les douanes, LD Legge sulle dogane, LD SR 632.10 – Customs Tariff Act, CTA 1986 1988 Regulates Customs Tariffs: 63 Finance -Customs Zolltarifgesetz, ZTG Loi sur le tarif des douanes, LTaD
The department is headquartered in Bern and headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, Switzerland's finance minister. Initially, in 1848, the department was called "Department of Finance", then, from 1873 "Department of Finance and Customs", until it received its present designation in 1978.
Died in office. C01 4 Josef Munzinger: SO: 16 November 1848: 6 February 1855: Finance • Political [7] • Posts and Construction • Trade and Customs: FDP/PRD: 1851: Died in office. D01 5 Stefano Franscini: TI: 16 November 1848: 19 July 1857: Home Affairs: FDP/PRD — Died in office. E01 6 Friedrich Frey-Herosé: AG: 16 November 1848: 31 ...
The Swiss Border Guard, [1] known as the Swiss Border Guard Command [2] (French: Corps des gardes-frontière, [3] German: Grenzwachtkorps, [4] Italian: Corpo delle guardie di confine, [5] Romansh: Corp da guardias da cunfin) was a federal law enforcement agency, which acted as both the border guard and customs service for Switzerland.
The federal administration of Switzerland [1] is the ensemble of agencies that constitute, together with the Swiss Federal Council, the executive branch of the Swiss federal authorities. The administration is charged with executing federal law and preparing draft laws and policy for the Federal Council and the Federal Assembly .
The Confederation can levy customs duties and other duties on the cross-border movement of goods entering the Swiss Customs Area. The rates are almost exclusively based on weight (e.g. CHF X per 100 kg gross). The revenue from customs duties goes into the federal coffers and amounted to approximately CHF 1.13 billion in 2016. [42]
In general, all postal consignments that have not been dispatched from the Swiss customs territory are also subject to tax. For reasons of administrative economy, tax amounts up to 5 Swiss francs are not levied. This tax amount corresponds to an assessment basis of 62 Swiss francs at the VAT rate of 8.1% or 192 Swiss francs at the VAT rate of 2.6%.