Curated articles tagged Switzerland
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Declare Bitcoin on your Swiss tax return as private wealth in the Wertschriftenverzeichnis at 31 December value. Where it goes and what is taxed.
Bitcoin in your Swiss Pillar 3a means regulated ETF/ETP exposure held by a pension foundation, capped near 5%, tax-deferred, and never self-custodied.
Bitcoin Foundation Switzerland 2026 complete setup guide for HNW holders. Familienstiftung vs gemeinnützige Stiftung, ZGB Art. 80-89bis, CHF 5M example.
Bitcoin Node setup in Switzerland step by step. Run Bitcoin Core 30.0 or Knots on a Pi 5 with Swiss ISP config, Tor, Electrs, and full data sovereignty.
AHV, IV and EO on Bitcoin salary, mining, staking and self-employed income in Switzerland. 2026 figures: 10.6% on salary, 10.0% self-employed from CHF 60,500, CHF 530 minimum, no cap.
Bitcoin DCA Cold Storage: the Swiss 2026 workflow. Batch thresholds, exchange whitelisting, auto-withdraw, hardware verification, and ESTV reconciliation.
Bitcoin estate planning in Switzerland: a Bitcoin inventory, BIP-39 or SLIP-39 backups, 2-of-3 multisig, a sealed executor envelope, an Erbvertrag before a notary and two witnesses, the Pflichtteil under ZGB Art. 470 and
Bitcoin Gift Tax Switzerland by canton 2026. Which cantons tax a gift to a child, spouse or partner, the Zurich ESchG rules, ESTV valuation and the Schenkungsvertrag.
Bitcoin inheritance tax in Zurich. Spouse, registered partner and children pay CHF 0 under § 11 ESchG. Who pays 6 to 36 percent, the date-of-death valuation rule, the Gemeindesteueramt deadlines and worked examples.
Swiss wealth tax and the capital gains exemption for Bitcoin inscriptions: no ESTV Kursliste price, the ESTV working paper fallback, KS 36, and a worked example.
How Swiss VAT applies when you sell for Bitcoin. ESTV MWST-Info 04 treats Bitcoin as a payment token. Rates, the CHF 100,000 threshold, daily-rate conversion, mining and staking.
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