TaxWize Tax Insights

Practical guidance on Swiss tax filing for individuals and families across Switzerland.

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Why TaxWize

Your Tax Data Online: 6 Questions for Any Provider (2026)

Before you upload your salary certificate and bank statements anywhere: six questions every serious provider must be able to answer, and how TaxWize answers them.

25.07.2026 · 9 min read

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Why TaxWize

Swiss Tax Return: Software and Services Compared 2026

The honest 2026 comparison: the official cantonal portal, TaxWize, filing services like steuermacher.ch, SimpleTax and taxea, plus Dr. Tax Privat, with prices and sources.

12.07.2026 · 12 min read

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Tax guides

Taxed at source in Switzerland? When filing a tax return gets money back (2026)

If you are taxed at source, filing a tax return can refund overpaid withholding tax. When it is worth it, the CHF 120'000 rule, the 31 March deadline, and the Q4 myth.

12.07.2026 · 7 min read

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Perspectives

Individual taxation: what changes now that it has passed

On 8 March 2026 Switzerland voted for individual taxation. What it actually means, who will tend to pay less or more, and when it takes effect.

07.07.2026 · 3 min read

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Tax guides

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

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Tax guides

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

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Tax guides

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