From: Luca Vassalli < >
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 16:16:50 -0800
Status: RO

     thanks a lot that's very useful
     
     I am new to the board and after the first impression I received from
     all that discussion regarding what is appropriate to post on the
     mailing list, I am glad to get some good information.
     
     I just wanted to add that I am always open to helping any person
     posting on the list regardless of the request, be it related to Swiss
     "scientists" (whatever that means) or your request for an Au-pair!
     
     Ciao,
     Luca

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Subject: swiss-list: Re: Steuern auf Schweizer Konten
Author: Laurent Miéville <laurent.mieville_at_rectorat.unige.ch> at INTERNET
Date: 3/9/99 2:04 PM

Dear Swiss-lister(s),

Following the email of Louis Perrochon and Sarah Paris, I will explain what I
did when I still was in the USA concerning the income tax here in the US as well
as in Switzerland.
     
If you are filing as a non-resident for tax purposes, I believe that you don't
have the possibility to declare income bound to outside accounts and the form TD
F 90.22.1 should not be filled out. The income on these accounts in Switzerland
will be taxed at 35%.
     
When you become resident for tax purposes, you may declare the foreign accounts
you have and you will have to pay a 30% tax on the income bound to them,
including capital gain.
In order to prevent to pay twice the tax on regular interest income (35% in CH,
30% in US), you can fill out a swiss form(form 82 I) where you ask to get back
the tax which was taken out from your interest income in Switzerland. By showing
you are actually declaring this amount to the Internal revenue service in the
US, you will get back the tax taken by Switzerland on them.
     
At the end the difference is small (5%) and you should take into account the
time spent filling out the forms and the fact that your capital gains will be
taxed in US, without mentionning any patriotism inclining you to let the swiss
administration get the money instead of the IRS.
     
In order to be compliant with the rules, I did the whole procedure in 98 and I
received the money later on from the swiss administration.
     
For those of you interested in having the swiss form to claim the 35% tax, you
can get them through the consulate as I did or directly through the following
address:
     
Federal Tax administration of Switzerland
Main division for Federal Direct Tax , anticipatory tax and stamp duty
Eigerstrasse 65
CH-3003 Bern
fax 031-322 71 98
     
     
     
Following the filing, I received a new version of the forms (valid for 1st of
february 98 onwards because of a new treaty). Check with the consulate if they
received the new ones too. Last but not least, you will have to have them
stamped by a public notary. I found one on stanford campus which did the job for
a few dollars.
     
Hope this will help,
     
The best
     
Laurent Mieville

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