March 2012, Year IV, n. 3
Urs Ursprung
Taxes are beautiful and fund civilisation
Telos: The Austerity Package adopted by the Italian Government entrusted the Revenue Agency and the Tax Police with new powers and tasks. Hence, the interest rose on how other systems work. Let’s start with the Swiss one.
Urs Ursprung: Let me start with a general remark: tax systems are heavily influenced by a country’s size, its structure, the expenditure behavior or national traditions. Our main taxes are: the income tax, the corporate income tax and the value added tax (VAT). They generate 2/3 of the revenues of the federal State. Compared with most European countries tax rates, especially the VAT ones, are moderate. Switzerland’s federalism leaves the cantons and the municipalities as much freedom as possible in taxation ... more
Editorial
We are only in March and Primo Piano Scala c takes a new shape, again. The reason is simple: we have a new publisher. After almost 4 years VerA left us in the hands of Telos. Graphics have changed, colours were revolutionized as the e-mail address from which you receive our publication is brand new. But that’s all: the editorial plan, style and quality standard of the information we have provided ... more
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