Compared to Europe, taxation for companies is relatively low in Switzerland. The Federal Tax is a general rate, whereas the taxation in the individual Cantons vary, depending on the location and partly depending on the amount of capital or profit. The current taxation is around the following percentages:
- Direct Federal Tax on profit: 8,5%
- Cantonal taxation on profit: 5,9% - 16%
- Cantonal taxation on captial: 0,05% - 0,3%
⇒ total taxation: 14,5% - 25% (source)
You calculate the effective taxation for your company in Winterthur and the surrounding municipalities using the Taxation calculator for the Canton of Zurich.
All further details regarding taxation in the City of Winterthur can be found here.
Additional information on electricity, water and glas fibre net for businesses is available here.