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| So, in Basel-Stadt, if the wife earns above 20,000 CHF then the increase in husbands Qst is "accounted" for? Did I understand that? | |
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Not accounted for officially. Just that you end up paying more extra tax than you earn. Please note that I am not a tax expert - in fact it would be fair to say that I am pretty crap at taxes, but BF, I can let you know who I am using - let me know.
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| I have my own company. If I do a tax return, what kind of items do people usually put down to offset/lessen their tax liability. What's possible? | |
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Meals during the week - taking clients out for meals
Christmas mail out (!)
Mileage (assuming you have a car) - there are limits though
Room rental - e.g. if you have 1 room out of 4, 1/4 of your rent can go towards it, however, you cannot claim electricity/heating bills.
Phone use - partial, but you can basically claim all calls during working hours
Internet - all of it
Train travel - again during the week, as others have said, avoid weekend stuff unless really legit
Computing equipment - obviously, although this is depreciated
Mobile telephony
You can also claim for travel to and from workplace, but that's a bit dubious if you are working from home.
Those are the ones I can think of off-hand, but it is worth speaking to a tax specialist at least once, then you just repeat year on year.
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| SDINKY = Swiss double income, no kids yet. | |
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DINK is different to DINKY...