Suspend reversal OF border source tax quota

Context

The Italian health tax, although not formally based on nationality, specifically affects frontier workers who carry out their professional activity in Switzerland. It therefore determines an additional economic burden directly linked to the exercise of a cross-border work activity.

The so-called health tax is the contribution to the Italian National Health Service set by Law 213/2023 (Art. 1, paragraphs 237-239): from 3% to 6% of the net salary earned in Switzerland, with a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 200 euros for each month worked, set each year by the region of residence.

Operational details

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that any measure likely to make the exercise of a work activity in another State less attractive, even when this measure applies to persons who have already exercised that freedom, constitutes a restriction on free movement. The so-called health tax 'appears precisely to produce this effect, since it is borne exclusively or predominantly by border workers working in Switzerland, reducing their net income and introducing an economically unfavourable treatment compared to comparable internal situations'.

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Key points

Suspend reversal OF border source tax quota

The Council of State was asked to follow up on the contents of the previous motion concerning the total or partial suspension of the reimbursement to Italy of the portion of the tax at source levied on border workers, asserting the possible violation of art. 9 of the agreement on border workers. It is required to take action, through the competent federal authorities, so that the compatibility of the so-called health tax with the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons between Switzerland and the European Union is also formally assessed.

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Source: cdt.ch

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