Grand Council BS Reimbursement would give Basel taxpayers 2535 francs

With a surplus refund in Basel-Stadt, each taxpaying private individual would receive an average of CHF 2535 per year. This is the result of the government's statement on Friday regarding a motion for tax refunds in the event of high surpluses. The figures relate to the period 2016 to 2022.

According to the motion, a payout of 80 percent would have to be made. That would be around CHF 250 million per year, according to the government's letter.

The motion by Christian Moesch (FDP) was referred to the government by the Grand Council in April. It calls for a model for retrospective tax refunds in the event of high surpluses in the cantonal accounts, as is the case in Basel-Stadt.

Government wants referral as a suit

However, the government is requesting that the motion be converted into a more non-binding motion upon second referral. As a reason for this, it cites other pending political initiatives and initiatives on dealing with surpluses as well as the Basel location package proposed by the executive in response to the OECD minimum taxation. The FDP motion must therefore be considered in votes with all these questions still open.

Moesch's motion stipulates that the distribution should only take place if the canton's net debt ratio is negative. It is to be paid out in the amount of the surplus achieved, whereby a base amount of a maximum of 20 percent of the surplus is to be deducted to reduce gross debt.

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