Hello there,

I throw this out there as my HR department looked at me quite blankly this morning when I asked (a "bunny in the headlight" moment!) about it and they were even unable to point me towards the right section of a website ... I have been working here in Züri for 18 months now on an EU-B permit as a single gal. However, my boyfriend (French) of 5 years has now proposed and I am now considering the tax implications (if any) this might involve. The issue for me is that he lives and works in France (we are a 750 km long-distance couple) and we have no immediate, foreseeable plans for co-habitating in CH for these reasons (work).

Does anyone happen to know if I am I obligated to change my marital status when we finally "do it" or should I leave all as status quo? I popped on to the Steueramt site and tapped in my income etc., and "married" definitely gives me a big tax break - but my question is now whether or not the spouse has to be a permit-holding resident? It does not change the fact that I will be status "married" legally speaking, but...

If the answer is on the site then sorry in advance my German is not fine-tuned enough to understand everything in its entirety, and, as I mentioned, my HR almost had a panic attack when I posed the question...

Any feedback hugely appreciated!

Cheerio,

Fiona