Yeah, I know, at some point I might decide that keeping with ZH is not worth it, but for now my idea is keep ties with ZH.
I'm tempted to buy a house in TI, but I also want to continue renting my apartment in ZH. At this moment I'm working 100% from home so I could spend a lot of time in my new house, spending just enough of the time in ZH to tick all of the boxes of being there (and paying my income taxes there as it's a little better). Would I have to declare in respective ZH/TI municipalities how much of the time I spend there, or even officially move (deregister/regisetr) if I plan to spend a few months here or there?
No, but it might depend on your residence permit
No
Just don't annoy the neighbours.
We have a neighbour who is living in a house that she inherited from her mother. She is here (in Ticino) in permanence and is not registered with the Gemeinde. She has a primary residence in Schwyz and she is never there (a weekend here or there from time to time).
She has been in trouble with the police and has continually gone against Gemeinde rules, but she is still not registered here and nobody cares...
So, I wouldn't worry...If your taxes would be lower in Zurich, keep that as your main residence, however long you stay down here.
Don't forget you'd pay the property related taxes in TI, not ZH.
Especially Tom.
If you plan to use your pension fund to buy the property then it must become your primary residence.
Otherwise you are free to live in multiple residences.
One of them must be the primary residence, the others can be secondary residences, or even not residences at all depending on how long you spend there (e.g under 90 days in the year or consecutively is not a residence and you do not register with the town hall, even if you own it).
For your work, if you are salaried, you will pay at your primary place of residence.
You do not register as a resident , you do still have to register as the owner.
Many thanks! I was afraid that I would have to count the days spend between declared primary residence and the secondary residence, and of course try to have it documented in case of any arguments between cantons regarding the tax (much like between European countries), but above all, I was afraid that there might be an über rule saying that rented property can't be your domicile if you own one in Switzerland.
Nope.
We have never registered as the owners of ours, but we do pay CHF 5 /year taxes!
Tom
Nope.
Out main residence was rented, now mortgaged, secondary is owned outright.
Tom
Interesting, so who does the land register say is the owner?
Not sure you have to physically register as that information is held in the land registry anyway.
Our neighbour annoys us permanently and has been convicted for harassment and unlawful video surveillance of our property...and she is still not registered here. So I am not sure that makes any difference.
It probably depends on how lazy the Gemeinde is and how likely they are to look for the path of least resistance (i.e. ignore mode)
That's what I mean - the land registry is basically the thing which confirms you own that piece of land.
So you are registered with the gemeinde as the land owner, and they therefore know who is responsible for any tax tied to the property rather than residence.