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Initiative «Stop the discriminatory VAT for the hospitality sector!»

General information
Official title	Volksinitiative «Schluss mit der MwSt-Diskriminierung des Gastgewerbes!»
Voting day	28.09.2014
Voting result	Rejected (28.48% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº	585
Legal form	Popular initiative
Policy area	Public finance > Taxation > Indirect taxation Economy > Tourism and leisure > Hospitality
Brief description by Swissvotes	PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse	Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote	PDF (in German)
Official Chronology	Link (in German)

Collection of signatures
Initiators	Gastrosuisse
Preliminary examination	PDF (in German)
Signatures	118,802
Time used to collect signatures	532 days
Success	PDF (in German)

Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch	PDF (in German)

Parliamentary phase
Item Nº	12.074
Parliamentary debate	PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings	553 days
Parliament's position	Reject
Position of the National Council	Reject (82 Yes, 99 No)
Position of the Council of States	Reject (13 Yes, 22 No)

Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure	PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council	Reject
Explainer video by easyvote	Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote	PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties	Yes EDU FPS Lega MCG PdA SD SVP No BDP CSP EVP FDP GLP GPS KVP SPS Free vote CVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp	30.2% (Details)
Recommendations by others	Yes SGV No eco SBV TravS
Deviating party sections	Yes BDP AG BDP BE CVP AR CVP BL CVP FR CVP GR CVP SZ CVP UR CVP VS FDP BS FDP FR FDP GR FDP NE FDP SO FDP TI FDP VD FDP VS GPS VD JFDP CH No CVP-Fr CH CVP GE CVP SG CVP SO CVP TG CVP VD CVP ZH Free vote FDP JU
Number of adverts in print media	243
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes'	94%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique	PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles	113
Media coverage: tonality	-25 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis	PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign	Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes	Link Social Archives ×

Vote
Voting result	Rejected
People	Rejected (28.48% Yes votes)
Cantons	Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No) Rejected AG AI AR BE BL BS FR GE GL GR JU LU NE NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG TI UR VD VS ZG ZH
Turnout	46.96%
Decree on voting result	PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality	Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery	Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office	Display the map

Post-vote polls
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results	PDF (in German)
Technical report on the VOX poll	PDF (in German)