{"id":2050,"date":"2022-05-19T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajooda.ch\/en\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2023-10-07T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T11:08:05","slug":"capital-withdrawal-tax-second-pillar-third-pillar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajooda.ch\/en\/capital-withdrawal-tax-second-pillar-third-pillar\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital Withdrawal Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the capital withdrawal tax?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The capital payment tax must be paid when the capital saved for retirement pension is paid out from the second Pillar (pension fund) and third pillar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like income tax and wealth tax, the tax is levied at the Federal, cantonal and municipal levels. The church also receives its share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large differences in tax rate and progression<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The tax rate varies greatly from place of residence to place of residence. In Schaffhausen, for example, you pay CHF 31,400 for CHF 500,000. In Zurich it is almost twice as much: CHF 56,300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The municipalities also charge a withdrawal fee. However, the differences at the commune level are usually much lower than in the cantons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are great inequalities in the form of tax progression. In Bern, you pay almost ten times more in taxes for CHF 500,000 than for CHF 100,000!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, in order to analyse the total tax burden<\/a>, the absolute amount as well as the progression increase must be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A list of capital payment taxes in the various cantons can be found here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commune <\/strong><\/td> CHF<\/strong> 25’000<\/strong> <\/td> CHF<\/strong> 100\u2019000<\/strong> <\/td> CHF<\/strong> 250\u2019000<\/strong> <\/td> CHF<\/strong> 500\u2019000<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Aarau (AG)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’633 <\/td> 4’965 <\/td> 17’945 <\/td> 41’293 <\/td><\/tr>
Appenzell (AI)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’308 <\/td> 3’623 <\/td> 12’382 <\/td> 27’332 <\/td><\/tr>
Herisau (AR)<\/strong> <\/td> 3’739 <\/td> 7’875 <\/td> 22’282 <\/td> 49’565 <\/td><\/tr>
Bern (BE)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’800 <\/td> 4’782 <\/td> 16’791 <\/td> 42’486 <\/td><\/tr>
Liestal (BL)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’739 <\/td> 3’875 <\/td> 12’282 <\/td> 33’732 <\/td><\/tr>
Basel (BS)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’839 <\/td> 5’325 <\/td> 20’782 <\/td> 47’382 <\/td><\/tr>
Fribourg (FR)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’087 <\/td> 5’660 <\/td> 23’282 <\/td> 57’122 <\/td><\/tr>
Gen\u00e8ve (GE)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’503 <\/td> 4’682 <\/td> 16’849 <\/td> 39’453 <\/td><\/tr>
Glarus (GL)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’449 <\/td> 5’295 <\/td> 15’832 <\/td> 34’232 <\/td><\/tr>
Chur (GR)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’969 <\/td> 4’335 <\/td> 13’432 <\/td> 47’809 <\/td><\/tr>
Del\u00e9mont (JU)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’701 <\/td> 6’252 <\/td> 21’731 <\/td> 48’518 <\/td><\/tr>
Luzern (LU)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’049 <\/td> 5’409 <\/td> 18’425 <\/td> 41’700 <\/td><\/tr>
Neuch\u00e2tel (NE)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’464 <\/td> 6’064 <\/td> 20’470 <\/td> 43’695 <\/td><\/tr>
Stans (NW)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’133 <\/td> 5’668 <\/td> 18’085 <\/td> 38’737 <\/td><\/tr>
Sarnen (OW)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’649 <\/td> 5’694 <\/td> 16’830 <\/td> 36’228 <\/td><\/tr>
St. Gallen (SG)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’938 <\/td> 6’273 <\/td> 18’277 <\/td> 39’122 <\/td><\/tr>
Schaffhausen (SH)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’248 <\/td> 3’933 <\/td> 14’427 <\/td> 31’422 <\/td><\/tr>
Solothurn (SO)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’833 <\/td> 5’111 <\/td> 17’883 <\/td> 38’982 <\/td><\/tr>
Schwyz (SZ)<\/strong> <\/td> 756 <\/td> 2’772 <\/td> 16’623 <\/td> 49’219 <\/td><\/tr>
Frauenfeld (TG)<\/strong> <\/td> 3’245 <\/td> 6’887 <\/td> 19’812 <\/td> 42’192 <\/td><\/tr>
Bellinzona (TI)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’039 <\/td> 4’475 <\/td> 13’782 <\/td> 37’288 <\/td><\/tr>
Altdorf (UR)<\/strong> <\/td> 1’941 <\/td> 4’280 <\/td> 13’295 <\/td> 29’157 <\/td><\/tr>
Lausanne (VD)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’786 <\/td> 7’473 <\/td> 26’827 <\/td> 63’490 <\/td><\/tr>
Sion (VS)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’189 <\/td> 4’775 <\/td> 15’944 <\/td> 46’291 <\/td><\/tr>
Zug (ZG)<\/strong> <\/td> 954 <\/td> 3’517 <\/td> 12’914 <\/td> 30’874 <\/td><\/tr>
Z\u00fcrich (ZH)<\/strong> <\/td> 2’279 <\/td> 4’955 <\/td> 17’260 <\/td> 56’338 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tax progression – second and third pillar added together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like income tax, capital withdrawal tax is also subject to progression in many cantons. subject to progression in many cantons. All payments from the 2nd pillar and pillar 3a are cumulative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a withdrawal of CHF 250,000, the tax in Zurich is CHF 15,262.- For a withdrawal of twice that amount, CHF 2,830.- would have would have to be paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spouses or persons in a registered partnership are also entitled to payments in the same year. partnership are also entitled to payments in the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimise capital withdrawal tax<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The capital payment tax is calculated separately from income.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It therefore does not matter whether you have a high or low taxable income<\/a> in the reference year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like income tax, pension tax is subject to progression. progression. Thus, for example, the tax on an amount of CHF 500,000.- is more than twice as high as for an amount of CHF 250,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the vast majority of cantons, the payments from the pension fund are added to the payments from pillar 3a in order to determine the degree of progression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, two options for optimisation are recommended:<\/p>\n\n\n\n