New inheritance tax idea has low public support, survey finds
Some 67% of Swiss are against a left-wing initiative aiming to raise inheritance taxes on the wealthy in order to finance climate measures, a survey has found. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Handed in last February, the initiative calls for a 50% inheritance tax on sums of CHF50 million ($56 million) and above to finance the ecological transformation of the Swiss economy. According to calculations by initiators – the Young Socialists (JUSO) party – this tax would raise around CHF6 billion a year. Читать дальше...