(rwa) Daily foreign packages land cases in the Swiss letter. For a long time were small, exempt shipments of up to a certain value of the value-added tax, while this was the case of domestic Online retailers, in each case due and payable. In order to create a level playing field, has restated the Federal government once the legal basis. Since 2019, foreign retailers VAT for small shipments, bill, if you generate in this country, more than 100’000 Swiss francs in sales.
After 18 months, the Federal Council comes to the conclusion that the effect is limited. Numerous foreign Online retailers would not have registered as a taxable person, criticized the Federal Council. He therefore decided on Friday in the framework of a partial revision of the VAT law, new measures, as it is called in a communication from the Swiss Federal tax administration.
For the enforcement of the new rules the Federal authorities far-reaching powers. Foreign Online retailers, which do not declare the Goods shipped and taxed, can be assigned to an import ban. The Federal government can destroy objects or for the protection of the Customer, and the customer the name of the offending company published. The measure is expected to annually flush an estimated 75 to 100 million Swiss francs to the Federal Treasury.
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