Tax Declaration: list your deductions!

[ChickenFat]

Oh. Whatever I said 4y ago…

Not a big discussion indeed, but

Tax declaration

Securities with foreign withholding taxes for which you’d like to get reimbursed out of double taxation treaties If there’s a canteen per the checkbox on Lohnausweis they automatically assume it’s cheaper. If it’s not cheaper than food on the street maybe talk to your employer so that he doesn’t check this box next time Then it seems you don’t have any Mehrkosten and probably can’t deduct anything here. How is it reported on Lohnausweis though? If nothing about food is there and you don’t l…

Tips to pay less taxes

Under “Freiwillige Zuwendungen” (donations) I declare 200 CHF as “Haustür- und Gassenspenden” (Donations at my front door and on the street). That saves me around CHF 60 tax. The guys in Zurich accept this, however not in every place this will work.

OTOH I really like this document as it answers a lot of questions that people on this forum ask:

Tax declarations are fun

They’ve increased the interest rate to 1% I believe. Also, check out this handy overview (in German however) of all the deductions you can make: