Updated Swiss-US tax treaty goes into force

After years of stalemate an updated double taxation agreement (DTA) between Switzerland and the United States has been ratified and is now in force.

American and Swiss representatives signed the necessary documents last week.

#AmbMcMullen and State Secretary Daniela Stoffel at the @efd_dff exchanged instruments of ratification of the Protocol of Amendment to the Double Taxation Treaty today in Bern, representing a milestone in tax relations between the 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇭. @USTreasury https://t.co/IZLEB0F9Yg pic.twitter.com/UGbQWeQYlT

— U.S. Embassy Bern (@USEmbassyBern) September 20, 2019

The new treaty is designed to meet international standards on the exchange of bank information, making it easier to investigate suspected tax evasion.

In addition, there is no longer any distinction between tax evasion and tax fraud, neither for individual nor for group requests.

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Government press release (in English)

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