The price and the VAT on a receipt in Zurich

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More than 84% of voters have renewed the government’s right to tax its citizens and companies for another 15 years. This is a unique feature of Switzerland’s political system of direct democracy and federalism.

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Live results of March 04 2018 ballot: Licence fee for public broadcasters and Federal taxes 2021

Live results of March 04 2018 ballot: Licence fee for public broadcasters and Federal taxes 2021

The issue was largely sidelined by the initiative on the public broadcasting licence fee. Yet a serious amount of money was at stake: two-thirds of the government’s tax revenue (including VAT), or CHF43.5 billion

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