Federal Act
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Art. 2 Competent authority 5
1 The Federal Tax Administration (FTA) is responsible for administrative assistance procedures. 2 Swiss courts and the competent tax authorities under cantonal or communal law may send documents directly by post to a person in a foreign state if the relevant agreement permits this.6 5 Amended by the Annex to the Federal Decree of 18 Dec. 2015 on the Approval and Implementation of the Convention of the Council of Europe and the OECD on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 5059; BBl 2015 5585). 6 Inserted by No I 3 of the FA of 21 June 2019 on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Global Forum on Transparency and the Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, in force since 1 Nov. 2019 (AS 2019 3161; BBl 2019 279). |