If you work in one country and your wife and kids are in another they may or may not be elligeble in that country for some kind of benefit. If they receive such benefit but they are lower than the one they would be getting in Switzerland, you are entitled to the difference here in Switzerland.
The UK authorities would then fill in the amount they get in the UK on the E411 form and then the Swiss authorities pay you the difference (well your employer but you get the drift).
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| So if you have the choice of claiming in either country, do the maths carefully. We didn't as I'm resident here with the kids, but for me (non-working wife, two kids, one under 6) it would have been a total no-brainer to stick with the UK scheme.
Hope this helps!
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