According to a media report, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance has issued its tax exploitation index for 2014 on 10 December 2013; it disclosed that the average tax burden in Switzerland will remain same in 2014, compared to 2013. On average, 26.7% of the “resource potential” of the cantons and communes will be subject to taxation next year; specifically, 17 cantons have elected to lower their tax burden next year, though only comparatively slightly in some cases.
The lowest tax burden will be the next year at 12.7% and the highest will be at certain cantons in Western Switzerland, including Bern, and Geneva at 35.5%.
