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Act on Withholding Tax

General information
Official title Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über die Verrechnungssteuer (Verrechnungssteuergesetz, VStG) (Stärkung des Fremdkapitalmarkts)
Voting day 25.09.2022
Voting result Rejected (47.99% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 661
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Public finance > Taxation > Direct taxation
Economy > Finance > Banks, stock exchanges, insurance
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)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 21.024
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 247 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (125 Yes, 70 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (31 Yes, 12 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators SP, Grüne und Gewerkschaften
Signatures 59,954
Time used to collect signatures 98 days
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Online information by the federal authorities Link Federal Council Link department
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Campaign for a No
Link 1
Link 2
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FDP
GLP
Mitte
SVP
No
EVP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 63.3% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
Versicherungsverband
SwissBanking
Swissmem
HotellerieSuisse
GastroSuisse
Bund der Steuerzahler
Schweizerisches Konsumentenforum
No
SGB
TravS
VPOD
SolidaritéS
CSP OW
ML-CSP FR
EDU Appenzellerland
Piratenpartei
Deviating party sections
Yes
EVP TG
No
FDP JU
Number of adverts in print media 330
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 98%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 221
Media coverage: tonality 8 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link eMuseum.ch
Link Basel Poster Collection
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (47.99% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (10.0 Yes, 13.0 No)
Rejected
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
JU
NE
SH
SO
UR
VD
VS
ZH
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SZ
TG
TI
ZG
Turnout 51.71%
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)
Dataset of the VOX poll CSV
Codebook for the VOX poll Excel (in German)
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)