Switzerland tables revised tax reform with IP proposals

Lena Angvik

March 28 2018

Switzerland is attempting to legislate the Swiss Tax Proposal 17 under a new guise after the previous proposal was rejected in a referendum. The government wants to strengthen the country’s competitiveness and clean up its tax haven reputation through a new patent box, R&D incentives and cantonal corporate tax rates between 12% and 14%.

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