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| I'm not sure it's always so black and white. 1 very high income individual told me they were able to claim full mileage as a deduction despite exceeding the cantonal max deductible amount for travel expenses by some way. He attributed this to his accountant's network with the person processing his tax file. All second hand information but would not surprise me if true. | |
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Alas, some countries are rife with bribery and corruption. Thankfully, others have networks which keep such shameful practices in check.
At a certain point the tax administrator might have to answer a few tough questions. However, if you take Vaud as an example (Google “Pascal Broulis” – Council of State/Head of Finance) you might get off scot free. Last I know, he sued the poor old Tages Anzeiger
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz...story/16563897
for damages, which might explain why you don’t get many hits
Actually quite a good match to the OP’s situation: two residences and even the question of travel expenses was finally let go:
“Auch der Abzug der Fahrkosten war laut Casanova gesetzeskonform. Allerdings hätte das Steueramt genauer hinschauen und vom Steuerzahler zusätzliche Erklärungen und Belege einfordern müssen.”
According to Casanova, the deduction of travel expenses was also in accordance with the law. However, the Tax Office should have looked more closely and demanded additional declarations and supporting documents from the taxpayer.
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