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Withholding tax, tax returns, refunds and allowances: what changes for cross-border workers in Switzerland.

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• Swiss-Italian Cooperation: What's Changing at the Border

  Following the Crans-Montana case, Bern and Rome are strengthening judicial cooperation. This model is already a daily reality in Ticino for tax and security matters.

• Tax Returns at Risk? Lombardy Responds to Bellinzona

  As Ticino considers blocking fiscal returns, clear signals are coming from across the border: 'Wrong choice.' An analysis of the positions and the impact on cross-border workers.

• Tax Returns: Lombardy warns 'Blocking them is a mistake'

  The Ticino motion to suspend tax returns is stirring up politics in Italy. Alfieri (PD), CGIL, and CISL criticize the health tax but call for an end to the escalation.

• Stop Tax Returns: Ticino Politics Stands Firm Against Rome

  Four parties are asking the Council of State to suspend tax restitutions to Italy. The reason? The health tax, seen as a violation of the fiscal agreement.

• Tax Returns at Risk: Ticino-Lombardy Clash

  A Ticino motion to block fiscal returns is stirring politics in Lombardy. Alfieri, Mastromarino, and Augurusa criticize the move but admit: the health tax must be abolished.

• Less Pressure at the Border: Irregular Entries Down

  Data for January 2026 from the FOCBS show a sharp decline in irregular entries in Ticino, down to 392 cases. A sign of normalization for border crossings.

• Frontalieri: Switzerland grows, Ticino slows down

  While Switzerland hits a new record with 411,000 cross-border workers, Ticino bucks the trend. At the end of 2025, G permits dropped to 78,809 (-1.0%).

• Cross-border net salary 2026: how to calculate it

  Complete guide to calculating net salary for those working in Switzerland and living in Italy.

• First day as a cross-border worker: complete checklist

  Everything you need to prepare before your first day of work in Switzerland.

• 13th month salary for cross-border workers: how much you receive

  How to calculate the net 13th month salary for a cross-border worker with all Swiss and Italian deductions.

• Health Tax: Motion to Block Tax Returns to Italy

  PLR, The Centre, UDC, and Lega are demanding an immediate halt to tax returns to Rome, citing a violation of the tax agreement and Article 60 of the Vienna Convention.