7 hours agoSwiss Community Eliminates Population Tax
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(6 years ago)Free identification, free personal data testimony: Brislach municipality in the Baselland Canton from 2021 will waive taxes for its residents, thus performing a unique act in Switzerland. What this means, here's an example: Identification normally costs 65 francs for adults and 30 francs for minors, [...]
Free ID, free personal data testimony: Brislach municipality in the Baselland Canton from 2021 will waive taxes for its residents, thus doing a unique act in Switzerland.
What this means, here's an example: The identification usually costs 65 francs for adults and 30 francs for minors, writes 20 minutes.
According to a media report the municipality has distributed on Wednesday, even fees to apply for autoschools or to confirm personal data for insurance companies should no longer cost any rap.
It's annoying that official acts like these are still necessary nowadays”, wrote municipalities, broadcast albinfo.ch. That is why the local council has decided to lift taxes since December 31st of this year.
Although in this way the municipality loses annual revenues of between 8,000 and 10,000 francs, it has decided to offer residents “a unique good”.
By contrast, stimulating taxes must continue to be paid, such as that for garbage collection.
Federal Chancellor gives consent to free ID
Since the payment of only a few of the taxes is in municipal capacity, municipalities were not sure what it is about IDs.
For that reason they were initially addressed to the canton and then to the Federal Chancellorship, albinfo.ch. In Bern, they finally got the green light, they say in the municipality. The municipal council is not aware that any municipality or other city in Switzerland has taken such a step as in Birslach.
In recent years we as a municipality have recorded some positive accounts,” says Mayor Hannes Niklaus. So we wanted to give something back to the population without cutting taxes.
Moreover, today many things are done on the Internet, so that the job you get billpiling sometimes is bigger than the benefit, sends albinfo.ch. “So, we're doing a good for ourselves and at the same time they're all profiting”, Niklaus says.
