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Should domestic bonds be exempt from withholding tax?

Should domestic bonds be exempt from withholding tax?
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  • Yes 0% (0)
  • No 0% (0)

VoteWorld community: 0

Official result — Switzerland

  • Yes 48% (1316230)
  • No 52% (1426457)

Official result — Switzerland: 2742687

Official Swiss vote totals are shown separately from live VoteWorld votes. Official source: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/661.00. Imported: 2026-05-30.

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AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: The vote was about whether to exempt domestic bonds from a 35% withholding tax to encourage Swiss companies to issue bonds in Switzerland. The proposal aimed to make Swiss bonds more attractive to investors and abolish sales tax on these securities.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.
AI model: gpt-4o-mini

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/661.00
Official result data: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20220925/can661.html
Vote date: 2022-09-25
Original Swissvotes English title: Act on Withholding Tax
Original German title: Verrechnungssteuergesetz
Swissvotes short-description title: Volk lehnt erneut eine Steuererleichterung für Unternehmen ab
Original French title: Loi sur l’impôt anticipé
Official English explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20220923054449/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/20220925/amendment-to-the-federal-act-on-withholding-tax.html
Official German explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20220819104019/https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/abstimmungen/20220925/aenderung-des-bundesgesetzesueber-die-verrechnungssteuer.html
Official French explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20220923054458/https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/votations/20220925/modification-de-la-loi-federale-sur-l-impot-anticipe.html
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/63439
Department information (German): https://web.archive.org/web/20220815102423/https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/abstimmungen/reform-verrechnungssteuer.html
Department information (French): https://web.archive.org/web/20220815092809/https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/fr/home/le-dff/votations/reforme-impot-anticipe.html
easyvote explainer video (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO9f4HrK6X8
easyvote explainer video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx6UldDJa_0
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp20220925.prop_oui_661_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp20220925.prop_oui_661_0
Official chronology (German): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/rf/cr/2021/20214172.html
Official chronology (French): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/rf/cr/2021/20214172.html