Buying property in another canton while waiting for naturalization

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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Hi all,

Can someone in the process of obtaining Swiss citizenship / naturalization in a certain canton (say BaselStadt) buy property in another canton (like BaselLand), but not move there yet?

For example, only move in the new property / canton after the 2nd gesprăch / gemeinde discussion, but still be an owner earlier?

Thanks a lot

-CB

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I suppose you could start looking here: https://www.ch.ch/en/housing/homeown…s-a-foreign-na

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Yes you can, there are no restrictions on C permit holders. Whether it's built on already, or empty still, makes no difference.

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when will you move in? property for rent is subject to a tax that owner occupied isn't. i guess you need to check the criterion doesn't conflict with your application e.g. require your centre of life to be there at the time of acquisition when you need it to be in basel.

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Thank you all for the tips!

So I have a C permit of course and I am a EU citizen, so I guess from the permit perspective, there is no permit required.

My intention is to buy, keep the property empty for about 6 months while renovating it and while waiting for the 2nd gesprăch / gemeinde discussion (which should also take place within 6 months from now)

After that discussion, I understand that if all goes well, the naturalization file would go to Bern, and that I would be technically allowed to move.

Regarding paying tax for the empty property, I heard that after purchase you would have 2 years to move in and make it primary residence to avoid some (or all?) of these taxes. Could anyone confirm?

Thanks again for the help!

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9.2.2

Property transfer tax

The property transfer tax is a transaction tax

which is levied on every transfer of ownership of

properties against payment in the Canton of

Basel-Landschaft, or in the event of a change of

the beneficial owner. The tax is calculated on the

purchase price and amounts to 1.25% each for

the vendor and purchaser, making a total of

2.5%.

Transfers of ownership are exempt from property

transfer tax in the course of mergers, conver-

sions or splits. The tax is likewise not levied on

the purchase of a replacement property required

for business purposes or on a replacement

owner-occupied residential property in Switzer-

land. Last but not least, the acquisition of an

owner-occupied property in the Canton of

Basel-Landschaft for exclusive permanent

owner occupation is exempt from property

transfer tax.

for full details you'll have to go directly to the law.

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IME it's common to have a retainer in the amount of the expected tax, including capital gains tax, until the tax office declares its demand paid.