TaxWize Tax Insights

Practical guidance on Swiss tax filing for individuals and families in the cantons of Zurich and Aargau.

A commuter watching the Swiss landscape pass from the window of a train at golden hour, representing the daily journey to work.

Deductions

Your commute and work costs: flat rate or actual receipts?

How Switzerland's work-expense deductions actually work: commuting (and why you usually deduct the train, not the car), the lunch deduction, and the flat rate vs. itemising. With Zurich and Aargau figures.

03.06.2026 · 4 min read

A red car parked outside a modern Swiss home at dusk with snow-capped Alps behind, evoking a household's everyday assets like a car and a home.

Wealth

Your car in your tax return: what it's worth, and why

How a private car is declared as wealth in Switzerland, how its tax value falls each year, and what changes with a used car, a leasing buyout, or a classic car.

02.06.2026 · 5 min read

A Swiss couple enjoying retirement on a lakeside chalet terrace at golden hour, evoking the long-term reward of pillar 3a saving.

Deductions

Pillar 3a and tax: from your first payment to retirement

Pillar 3a is Switzerland's most popular tax deduction. The full picture: what you save now, how the payout is taxed at retirement, and what changes if you use it to buy a home.

31.05.2026 · 6 min read