Author: Olivier Weber

The case Martin Haefner, owner of car importer AMAG and shareholder of Swiss Steel, Autoneum and Rieter and who is one of Switzerland’s richest citizens, has set up a foundation with his wife Marianne. Source: swissinfo...

The case The Swiss Federal Council has rejected the Young Socialists’s initiative on inheritance tax without submitting a counter-proposal. Source: Neue Zürcher Zeitung e-paper, 13 December 2024;  Radio SRF1 news, 13...

The case Direct Federal Tax: A taxpayer issued treasury shares within the framework of an employee share programme and the resulting profit (i.e. assignment value minus the acquisition costs) was booked with neutral effect on...

The case This groundbreaking ruling regulates the taxation of the right of residence with respect to wealth tax. Source: ​9C_305/2023 ; judgement of 10 Octobre 2024 (French) – well worth reading The commentary Up until...

The case Urs E. Schwarzenbach, owner of Zurich’s Dolder Hotel, has been convicted of and been punished for several accounts of willful tax evasion. Source: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, court decision SU230 058 of 21 August 2024,...