Cantons served

Geneva is the French-speaking canton with the highest tax burden, but offers numerous optimization opportunities, particularly for taxpayers subject to withholding tax. The quasi-resident status allows cross-border workers subject to withholding tax to benefit from the same deductions as Geneva residents, provided that 90% of their worldwide income is taxed in Switzerland.

The Canton of Vaud has a progressive tax scale with a maximum marginal rate of approximately 41%. Vaud taxpayers benefit from generous social deductions, particularly for families with children.

Valais is one of the most tax-attractive French-speaking cantons, with a maximum marginal rate of approximately 36%. The canton offers competitive tax conditions that attract many taxpayers, particularly in mountain municipalities.

The Canton of Fribourg offers moderate taxation in French-speaking Switzerland, with a maximum marginal rate of approximately 40%. A bilingual canton (French-German), it applies a cantonal tax scale supplemented by municipal coefficients that vary significantly from one municipality to another.

Neuchâtel has applied a flat tax system on income at the cantonal level since 2012, making it a unique case in French-speaking Switzerland. The cantonal income tax rate is fixed at approximately 12.66%, to which municipal and federal taxes are added. This structure simplifies tax calculation and can be advantageous for medium to high incomes.

The Canton of Bern, bilingual (German-French), has relatively high taxation for its German-speaking part, but competitive rates for the French-speaking Bernese Jura region. The maximum marginal rate reaches approximately 41% when combining all three levels of taxation. French-speaking taxpayers in the Bernese Jura benefit from the services of the Bern cantonal tax administration with access in French.

The Canton of Jura, the youngest Swiss canton created in 1979, applies a progressive tax scale with a maximum marginal rate of approximately 39%. It ranks in the middle range of French-speaking cantons and offers an attractive living environment with some of the lowest property prices in French-speaking Switzerland.