In accordance with its goals for the legislative period, the Federal Council will be pursuing a tax policy focusing primarily on the following objectives over the next few years:

Maintenance of a balanced federal budget; guarantee of the financial centre's stability and attractiveness as a location; optimisation of Swiss institutions' ability to act and perform; enhancement of the attractiveness and credibility of the Swiss tax system.

The dossiers listed below describe important federal items of business in the area of taxes: