Switzerland: Federal Council approves income and capital tax treaty with Zimbabwe
The Swiss Federal Council has approved the dispatch for a new income and capital tax treaty with Zimbabwe. Switzerland and Zimbabwe signed the agreement on 19 March 2025, aiming to strengthen bilateral economic relations and enhance tax
See MoreJordan ratifies tax treaty with Switzerland
Jordan’s Official Gazette on 30 October 2025 published a royal decree approving the double taxation agreement (DTA) and its protocol with Switzerland. The tax treaty with Jordan, signed on 13 December 2023. The agreement aims to prevent double
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Germany ratifies tax treaty protocol with Switzerland
Germany has published the law ratifying the sixth protocol, which amends the 1971 tax treaty with Switzerland on 30 October 2025. Signed on 21 August 2023, this agreement aims to eliminate double taxation and prevent tax evasion between the two
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Germany: Bundesrat approves amending protocol to tax treaty with Switzerland
The treaty will take effect after the exchange ratification instruments and apply from 1 January next year. The German upper house of parliament (Bundesrat) approved the amending protocol to the 1971 tax treaty with Switzerland on 17 October
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Germany, Switzerland extend tax treaty agreement until 2027
Germany and Switzerland extend 1971 tax treaty rules on executive income and capital has been extended until 2027. The German Ministry of Finance announced on 15 October 2025 that Germany and Switzerland have extended their agreement on the
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Germany: Bundestag approves amending protocol to tax treaty with Switzerland
The agreement seeks to eliminate double taxation and prevent tax evasion. Germany’s lower house of parliament (Bundestag) approved the amending protocol to the 1971 tax treaty with Switzerland on 16 October 2025. Switzerland and Germany
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Croatia: MoF consults ratification of tax treaty protocol with Switzerland
The deadline for submitting comments is 30 September 2025. Croatia’s Ministry of Finance has initiated a public consultation on 16 September 2025, on the ratification of the amending protocol to its 1999 income and capital tax treaty with
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Italy: Senate ratifies telework protocol to 2020 agreement with Switzerland
The approved protocol with Switzerland permanently allows cross-border workers to telework up to 25% of their hours, replacing the temporary 2024 arrangement under the 2020 agreement with Italy. Italy’s Senate has approved the ratification of
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Switzerland: Federal Council adopts dispatch on exchange of information regarding OECD minimum tax rate
This step provides the international legal basis for implementing the OECD minimum tax rate and will enable multinational enterprise groups to file the required information centrally through a single jurisdiction. Switzerland’s Federal Council
See MoreSwitzerland: National Council extends TBTF bank withholding tax exemption
Swiss National Council extends TBTF bank withholding tax exemption to 2031. Switzerland's National Council approved an extension of the withholding tax (WHT) exemption on interest from financial instruments issued by systemically important banks,
See MoreSwitzerland: National Council approves CARF MCAA, Addendum to CRS MCAA
National Council approves CARF MCAA and CRS MCAA Addendum for enhanced tax information exchange. Switzerland’s National Council (Nationalrat) approved the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement under the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework
See MoreSwitzerland signs up for GIR MCAA
Switzerland signed the GIR MCAA, joining 15 other jurisdictions to facilitate standardised GloBE information exchange for MNE Groups. According to an OECD update released on 4 September 2025, Switzerland signed the Multilateral Competent
See MoreSwitzerland clarifies application of hybrid arbitrage arrangements under transitional CbCR Safe Harbour
SFTA confirmed that OECD guidance on hybrid arbitrage arrangements under the transitional CbCR safe harbour applies in Switzerland only to transactions entered into after 18 December 2023. The Swiss Federal Tax Administration (SFTA) has issued
See MoreGermany: Federal Cabinet approves amending protocols to tax treaties with Netherlands, Switzerland
The Federal Cabinet approved protocols amending tax treaties with the Netherlands and Switzerland. The German Federal Cabinet approved on 6 August 2025 the amending protocols to its 2012 income tax treaty with the Netherlands and its 1971 income
See MoreSwitzerland adds Tunisia to CbC report exchange list
Switzerland updates the CbC report list, including Tunisia as reciprocal from January 2024. Switzerland has updated its list of jurisdictions for the exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC) reports under the Multilateral Competent Authority
See MoreSwitzerland to face 39% tariff as trade talks with the US falter
Switzerland faces 39% US tariffs on exports starting 7 August 2025. Switzerland is likely to face 39% US tariffs on its exports after the country’s President Karin Keller-Sutter failed to secure a trade deal with the US, which is set to take
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US implements tariffs on one-kilo gold bars
The US has imposed tariffs on imports of one-kilo gold bars, potentially affecting Switzerland. According to the Financial Times report on 7 August 2025, the US has imposed tariffs on imports of one-kilogram gold bars, citing a July 31 letter
See MoreSwitzerland clarifies top-up tax treatment of residual tax on distributions
Switzerland confirms treatment of residual tax on distributions for top-up tax calculations effective from 1 January 2024. The Swiss Federal Tax Administration released Communication-026-E-2025-e on 24 July 2025, clarifying the treatment of
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