You moved to Switzerland for the salary. Then you realized nobody had told you about Quellensteuer, the pillar 3a deduction you were missing, the foreign property you should have declared on day one, or the canton that was quietly costing you thousands a year.
This is the book I wish I had when I arrived in Zug from Rome twenty years ago.
Swiss Taxes Demystified is a personal, no-nonsense playbook for expats who want to actually understand the Swiss tax system. Not just survive it.
Inside
- How Quellensteuer really works, and when filing a voluntary tax return saves you thousands
- The 2021 reform that can lock you into a more expensive regime if you choose wrong
- The pillar 3a multi-account strategy almost nobody discovers on their own
- What "declare your worldwide assets" actually means for foreign property, bank accounts, and cryptocurrencies
- How your canton and commune choice can shift your annual tax bill by 30 percent or more
- Cross-border situations: foreign real estate, inheritances, and how the exemption-with-progression method plays out in real money
- The mistakes I made over twenty years, and how to avoid them
Written by someone who has lived it for two decades. Paying the bills, filing the returns, hiring the advisors (the good ones and the bad ones), and making the calls. Not a tax advisor selling services. Every number, threshold, and legal reference is cross-checked against current federal and cantonal sources.
If you live in Switzerland, are moving here, or have been here long enough to suspect the system is quietly costing you money, this book is for you.
What every expat in Switzerland figures out eventually. Get there faster.
Volume 2 of The Switzerland Insider Series.
