- Switzerland’s Federal Council plans a temporary VAT increase to strengthen security and defense.
- The proposed standard VAT rate increase has been reduced from 0.8 to 0.5 percentage points.
- The reduced VAT rate for food and medicine will not be changed.
- The extra revenue will go entirely to army defense spending; other security costs will be covered by the federal budget.
- A debt-financed defense fund is intended to speed up urgent military procurements and improve security quickly.
Source: en.taxlawblog.ch
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