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| I'm resident in Switzerland. Would I need to pay any tax in Switzerland on income earned from overseas assets (eg interest earned on overseas bank savings)
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Taking it a little deeper - what about the country where you have the bank account. Will you be decalring the interest there? If it's somewhere like the UK then the tax authorities know about that interest and it may even be deducted at source.
If you pay tax on the interest in another country, and Switzerland has a double tax agreement with that country, then you would probably not be liable to tax here if the other country has higher tax rates (you would still declare it but the tax you paid in the other country is then offset against what you may pay here).
It is relatively easy to keep the Swiss tax authorities at bay but a sudden lump of income could lead to questions you might want to avoid - once questions are asked, they will be tenacious

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