Withhold TAX

Finance, Taxes, Banking, Insurance and Retirement
1
I (non European) have been charged 14.10% for a withhold tax while my colleague (same age, same gender Germán) was charged 9.6% for the withhold tax. Can someone educate me why?

2
Is your colleague married, with children, same permit type? Lives in another Kanton? Married to a Swiss? Salary the same?

All that can make a difference.

3

Withhold tax depends on:

a) Marital status: married or single?

b) Number of children: more children = lower tax. No children, higher tax.

c)Canton of residence (not gemeinde) = withheld income tax is split among local , cantonal and federal. I cannot find a better source now, but taxes depend on the place you live https://interaktiv.tagesanzeiger.ch/…euerbelastung/

d) Religion declared: if during the registration process at your new residence you declared either Roman Catholic, Protestant or any other flavor of Christianity, you pay religion tax

e) Income level: last but not least, higher salary means higher income. From the numbers, it could be said that your colleague has a lower salary.

But, do your own quality control. HR are only humans, thus fallible. This is the tax calculator:

https://www.estv.admin.ch/estv/en/ho…itzerland.html

PS. I have no interest in your personal situation, so don’t reply with the info. Just input this data in the tax calculator and verify yourself.

4
Withholding tax is the same rate throughout the same canton. It only changes if you are in different cantons. Differentiation at Gemeinde level only happens with ordinary taxation

5
It could be that your employer did not yet receive your tax information and taxed you in the highest class (typically single with church tax), if it is your first payslip and you recently moved into Switzerland. This would then be retroactively corrected once all information is complete.