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I mean 26 separate sets of law regarding what is taxed and how highly in each of the 26 cantons. Not one law with 26 paragraphs.

Didn't Krautchan die 5 years ago or so? To be replaced by Kohlchan?

Here in Switzerland, tax law is different per canton. So for our ~9 million people we have 26 tax laws! We pay taxes on three levels, communal, cantonal and federal taxes. And who collects which part depends on your canton. In mine the commune collects the communal and the cantonal part, and the canton collects the federal part. Yeah... it makes no sense to me either.

Though regarding the filing that part is not so bad;you only make one tax declaration from which the taxes on all three levels are calculated. And as far as I'm aware each canton offers a free software application for filing. The filings are a little complicated compared to some European neighbours from what I hear. For instance we aren't source taxed directly out of our pay-checks, so we have to list our earnings and possessions manually and list various deductions.

Still, from what I gather we have it a little better than the US Americans

Correct reaction, good on them.

No he could not pay an extra fee, they just told him no. And different banks also declined. He was just holding onto an account he had for a while already from a bank that somehow never asked him about being a US Person, even though all banks usually do these days.

The he started working for a bank and they did give him an account, because they only want to pay wages onto an account in their own system. But that bank is now getting merged into one who didn't want to give him an account, and he's likely losing his job when the merger finishes, so we'll see what happens to that account then.

Well, yes, because you're still changing direction and have to indicate this. Our street traffic laws in Switzerland do not make exceptions for turn lanes.

Well they didn't want my friend because he wasn't worth the trouble. But apparently rich Americans are opening accounts here without significant issues. So I'm seeing a clear difference based around the amount of assets someone has.

My friend has dual citizenship (Switzerland & USA) because his mom is from the USA, but he has always lived in Switzerland. One of his bank accounts got closed when they found out he wasn't just Swiss, but had US American citizenship too. I guess this is another case of things that only work if you're rich.

He's getting so annoyed with the USA's tax overreach. He can't get banking easily, can't do the standard retirement savings, because they usually invest in bonds and using "foreign" bonds from the perspective of the USA's IRS would cost him extra and he has to file taxes. Apparently even getting rid of US American citizenship is expensive and slow, and they don't offer the "Service" in the embassy in Switzerland, he'd have to go to Paris.

earth has been segragated into 10 foot x 10 foot squares

I think you're inadvertently advertising a cylindrical model of the earth 😁

Since you mention states and the site mentions federal taxes and the IRS, I assume this is for the tax system of the USA, it's funny that it isn't stated anywhere though.

LibreOffice is also more compatible that Microsoft Word. It helped me and a friend to save his grandpa's old writings that were stored in AppleWorks (.cwk) files.

Well I'm curious to find out what discovery will show.