{"id":127,"date":"2023-07-24T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawai.li\/de-le-court\/?p=127"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:05:35","slug":"taxation-of-compensation-for-a-negotiated-termination-of-an-employment-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlctax.ch\/en\/fiscalite-de-lindemnite-pour-rupture-conventionnelle-du-contrat-de-travail\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxation of compensation for the statutory termination agreement of an employment contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How is compensation for a redundancy agreement taxed? As a lump sum from a provident fund? As a capital payment replacing periodic payments? As ordinary income?<br><br>\ud83d\ude44 Whereas the taxpayer wanted the allowance to be taxed as a capital payment from long-term care insurance (because they were 57 years old),<br>the tax authorities taxed it as a lump-sum payment replacing periodic benefits.<br>\ud83d\ude2c Cantonal judges, approached by the taxpayer, ruled that the compensation could not be taxed as a capital payment replacing periodic benefits, but rather as ordinary income \ud83d\ude31<br>The federal judges have upheld the cantonal ruling<br>The taxpayer is therefore taxed more heavily than the tax office initially imposed \ud83d\ude2d... and CHF 7,000 in legal costs between the two instances \ud83e\udd2f<br><br>For cantonal and federal judges<br>\u2705 Given the taxpayer's profile in the labour market, they had every chance of finding employment again at the time their employment relationship ended. Therefore, taxing the severance payment as a lump sum benefit from a pension fund is not permissible.<br>\u2705 as there was an agreement to end the employment, the taxpayer was able to influence their outcome. Consequently, this is ordinary income.<br><br>Before rushing headlong into legal proceedings against the tax authorities, consulting a qualified professional can save you time and money.<br><br>Better: such a qualified professional should already have been involved in the discussions at the time of the termination of the employment contract\u2026<br><br>order in French (Vaudois file) \u2013 order from the CDAP-VD: FI.2022.0012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TF, judgment 9C_237\/2023, of 5 March 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professional expenses deductible in addition to the flat-rate representation allowance? Confirmation by case law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling is in Italian. It is a Ticino case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal Tribunal, ruling 9C_643\/2022, of 24 July 2023<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment est impos\u00e9e l&rsquo;indemnit\u00e9 pour rupture conventionnelle du contrat de travail? Comme prestation en capital provenant de la pr\u00e9voyance? Comme versement de capitaux rempla\u00e7ant des prestations p\u00e9riodiques? 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