Compare cantonal tax rates across all 26 cantons of Switzerland and learn how cantonal, municipal and church tax rates add up.
Tax rates differ widely between cantons: Zug has the lowest cantonal rate at 82%, while Bern is much higher at 153.6%. The Canton of Zurich lowered its cantonal tax rate to 95% of the simple state tax for the years 2026 and 2027 (previously 98%). On top of this comes the municipal tax rate, which can vary considerably within a single canton.
Your effective tax is: simple tax × (cantonal rate + municipal rate + church rate) ÷ 100. Zurich example: with a simple tax of CHF 5,000, a cantonal rate of 95%, a municipal rate of 119% and a church rate of 10%, the total tax amounts to CHF 11,200.