Cantons served

Geneva is the French-speaking canton with the highest tax burden, and the one where most expats live: permit B holders taxed at source, cross-border workers and new arrivals. We prepare your Swiss tax return in English, 100% digital, and tell you first whether filing one pays off. The quasi-resident status lets cross-border workers taxed at source claim the same deductions as Geneva residents, provided 90% of the household's worldwide income is taxed in Switzerland.

English-speaking tax advisor for Lausanne, Vevey, Nyon, Montreux and the whole canton of Vaud, 100% digital. The canton has a progressive scale with a maximum marginal rate of about 41% and generous social deductions for families. Permit B holders taxed at source can claim their real deductions through a TOU request, and the 15 March filing deadline, the shortest in French-speaking Switzerland, means your tax return must be prepared early.

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, where owners of second homes are also taxed.

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, a factor new arrivals should compare before choosing where to live. Inheritances between spouses and in direct line are exempt.

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.