Swiss-U.S. Estate and Gift Tax Treaty - Call for Revision

Letter to Swiss Federal Tax Administration, dated February 6, 2004 (pdf.file)

Reiterating the Chamber's interest for a revision of the current estate and gift tax treaty.

By letters to the U.S.: Department of  Treasury and to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce requests renegotiation and revision of the current bilateral estate tax treaty signed in 1951. 

The request is based on a number of problem areas that deviate from modern, recently concluded estate and gift tax treaties. See details.

Letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury, dated September 12, 2001 (pdf.file)

Letter to Swiss Federal Tax Administration, dated September 12, 2001 (pdf.file)

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