Do you need a ridiculous amount of money to retire in Switzerland?

So here it is. For one person in Baselland needing 72k of costs per year you need about 2.85 million of assets to retire at 50 and live until 90.

  • Wealth tax is calculated at flat 0.5%
  • Income tax is approximated with a degree 2 polynomial using 2021 tax rates for BL (ones I had easily to hand) and 2023 for Federal
  • Assumes kids until 2041 (impact on tax rates)
  • 4% return on assets
  • 3% inflation
  • 75% AHV (33/44 years)
  • Effective income tax rate varies between ~15%-25%. average: 20%
  • Including wealth tax, ETR averages 28%
  • Formulas at bottom for those wanting to review the calculation

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