Sun, 22 November 2009
Amanda of Queso Suizo blog continues her top 20 things that Swiss people like. More cowbell, anyone?
Fill out an Expat Voices interview by 1 December and you can win a free bottle of whiskey!
Kerrin of MyKugelhopf visits Péclard, Zurich's new/old pastry shop and tea salon.
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Read blogger Michelle Willis's recipe for homemade Gluhwein, which you might need after filing your Swiss taxes.Part 1: Trying Taxes
Ah, the Swiss and their love for paper documents and form-filling…
Last week, I received the annual tax form, I mean BOOK! It is pages and pages of forms to fill out. I had a headache earlier on in 2008 just filling out one page for provisional tax (which, by the way, I had to fill out again after we moved to Aarau. Why they couldn’t just transfer our tax details from one town to another puzzles me!). Along with this booklet of forms comes an ‘easy tax’ CD, which is a wee bit helpful but really just adds so much more information than I can handle and all in proper high freakin’ formal German.
Anyway, I spent the last four hours doing lots of searching in the German / English dictionary and think I am on my way to having it all sorted! I have definitely increased my knowledge of the German language with wonderful words like:
Wertschriftenverzeichnis, Liegenschaftsverzeichnis, Steuererklärungsformular, Erwerbsausfallentschadigungen, Steuerveranlagungsverfahren, Vermögensbestandteile, Gehaltsnebenleistungen, Quellensteuerverfahren, Kontokorrentabrechnungen, selbstsständiger Nebenerwerbstätigkeit, Ergänzungsleistungen
Gotta love the Germans and their compound words!
Anyway, came across this article today from 2006… So it seems that some Swiss are looking for a way to reduce the stress and paperwork involved in tax forms. And the saving on administration costs would come as a tax benefit to citizens. How cool! I wonder if it ever came into action; doesn’t seem that way in Aargau!
Switzerland offers year-round sporting opportunities, from skiing in winter to swimming, golf and camping in summer.
How to open and close a Swiss bank account, plus information on confidentiality and security deposits.
How to obtain a licence, import vehicles and follow road rules in Switzerland.
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