Comments on: Health and Taxes

By: Christy Dalimore

Christy Dalimore — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:32:06 +0000

Hey Dan and Michelle,

It is great reading all your exciting happenings in Switzerland. It sounds like you are having an awesome time. Tim and I are having a baby. I am due on Jan 8th. Plus we just bought a house in North Nowra. I will finish teaching at the end of the year. Keep up the blogging!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:51:20 +0000

Congrats on the move to Switzerland. We moved to Zurich about three months ago now and love it. I really think your chocolate count is classic and I might have to steal your excellent idea for my own blog! 😉

As for taxes, that has be thinking – I wonder if we have to pay Aussie/American taxes as well!? Yikes!… calling the tax accountant now!

Love the blog – will check back again soon.

By: Michelle Willis

Michelle Willis — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:23:18 +0000

Doh! Yeah. I did realise it was his taxable income, was writing it too late at night. I have decided to simply delete that bit, save more confusion. It really is quite swell of the Swiss to credit you for meals and transport though!

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:46:47 +0000

“he can claim back $15 a day for lunch too which is then taken off his tax, and travel costs. ”

Just to avoid confusion: It is taken off his taxable income, not his tax. Big difference 🙂

And about money for the children, I thought it’s a fixed (tiny) amount per child and not dependent on the income. But maybe Aargau is different than Zurich and I’m really not sure anyway

have fun with the Swiss bureaucracy 🙂

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:27:17 +0000

Wow cool, sounds like a good weekend! 🙂 Hope all the tax stuff gets sorted out, IRD are slow enough as it is!

By: tanya

tanya — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:17:46 +0000

yay! sounds like you are heaps busy!
miss you guys
xo