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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!
Part 2: Glühwein - Hot Mulled Wine
I made some of this delicious drink myself. You can add a bit of port (100 ml or so) to make it even nicer.
Ingredients
• 1 bottle of dry red wine (750 ml)
• one lemon
• 2 sticks of cinnamon
• 3 cloves
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• some cardamom (or ginger)
Directions
Heat, but don’t boil, the red wine in a pot. Cut the lemon into slices and add to the wine. Then add the cinnamon, cloves, sugar and a little cardamom to taste. Heat everything for about 5 minutes (again, do not boil) and let stand for about an hour. Before serving, reheat and strain. Serve in pre-warmed glasses or mugs. Enjoy.
Text: Michelle Willis / Expatica 2009
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