Tax and Financial Agreements between Russia and Switzerland

Finland’s President has signed the law suspending the implementing Act for the 1996 tax treaty with Russia on 29 May 2026, according to an update from the Finnish government. As previously reported, Finland had already notified Russia that the

Switzerland and Finland have moved forward with updating their longstanding tax agreement, with the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance announcing the signing of an amending protocol to their 1991 income and capital tax treaty on 28

Belgium’s Council of Ministers has approved a draft law for the ratification of the protocol to the 1978 income and capital tax treaty with Switzerland on 13 May 2026. Signed 16 July 2025, the protocol aims to align the 28 August 1978 tax

Russia has published the Federal Law No. 104-FZ of 25 April 2026 in the Official Gazette, which introduces several significant amendments to the Russian Federation Tax Code, particularly regarding Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Simplified Tax Regime

The Swiss Federal Council published a dispatch on 7 May 2026 concerning a draft amendment to extend the reduced VAT rate of 3.8% for the accommodation services sector, including hotels. Under current legislation, the reduced VAT rate of 3.8% is

The Swiss Federal Council has opened a consultation on 6 May 2026 on an amendment to the Ordinance on Minimum Taxation, implementing two parliamentary motions of identical content (motions 25.4392 and 25.4399). The proposed revision concerns the