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| I was also surprised to not find the cost of living to be that much greater here than I was used to. However, I have heard that Lausanne is the cheapest city to live in in Switzerland. Will you be working at the University of Lausanne (UniL) or EPFL? It makes a big difference in terms of salary, benefits, amount of support, etc., with EPFL having far more money to play with than UniL.
I agree, there are many great reasons to live here other than monetary ones. You should have a lot of fun.
Sorry, I don't have any idea why "income tax" and "impôts à la source" were listed separately for you, this seems quite strange. Hopefully Richard can give you an answer, he can normally answer most questions of this nature. | |
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Apart from I cannot answer this one! I can only assume seeing as you have not mentioned it that the "income tax" 6.75% is actually pension contributions. The tax at source contribution is the impôts à la source and there cannot (TTBOMK) be any further tax on income that you pay. Note here that if you are over 25 then 2nd pillar (company) pension contributions are obligatory. Under 25 you make no capital contributions only risk contributions ie insurance against death.