Utilise tax benefits – keep more of your income in Uri

Low taxes and duties give you as an entrepreneur a great deal of room for manoeuvre and investment. This opens up completely new options. Uri outperforms many cantons when it comes to taxes. Following the call for a lean system, Uri has also had linear tax rates (flat-rate tax) for legal entities for years. The low corporate taxes are particularly favourable to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs):

• Profit tax is 9.3% and capital tax is 0.01‰ (cantonal and municipal taxes for the municipality of Altdorf). With Uri, you hit the jackpot both in a Swiss and European comparison.
• Uri leads the way in Switzerland in terms of dividend taxation. With 60% relief on dividend taxation, the double burden is largely eliminated.
• The bottom line is that after the deduction of all taxes, your company will have more money in Altdorf than in other cantonal capitals.

Companies will find excellent framework conditions in Uri: low taxes on profits combined with one of the lowest capital tax rates in Switzerland create a solid foundation for sustainable growth and long-term planning security. Thanks to the stable financial policy and clear tax rules, companies benefit from a predictable environment that encourages investment and strengthens entrepreneurial success. Whether for local SMEs or international companies – Uri offers attractive conditions for economic success and forward-looking action.

Anyone with a stake of at least 10% in a company benefits from an attractive tax regime. This is because only half of dividends are taxed here (70% in the case of direct federal tax). This so-called partial income procedure ensures that income from shareholdings is not taxed twice – once in the company and again for the private individual. In this way, Uri creates fair conditions for entrepreneurs and investors who actively participate in companies. This regulation strengthens the canton as an attractive location for investments and business start-ups.

Uri also offers fair and uncomplicated tax conditions for foreign employees. Anyone who works in Switzerland but does not yet have a permanent residence permit (C permit) pays income tax directly via payroll – so-called withholding tax. Employers automatically pay this tax to the canton, so there is no additional expense.

The amount of withholding tax depends on a person's place of residence, level of income and personal situation (e.g. marital status, children, religious denomination). This ensures that all persons resident or gainfully employed in Uri are taxed fairly and transparently. Anyone who later receives a C permit automatically switches to the ordinary tax system.

Thanks to the low overall tax burden and simple processing, Uri also offers attractive conditions for international specialists and new employees – another plus point for working and living in the heart of Switzerland.

Companies with an international focus benefit from an attractive and reliable tax environment in Uri. Thanks to Switzerland's numerous double taxation agreements (DTAs), double taxation is avoided – a decisive advantage for companies and investors with global operations. These agreements create planning security and strengthen international competitiveness.

Another plus point is the low VAT: the standard rate in 2025 is just 8.1% – one of the lowest rates in Europe. This reduces costs in the value chain and improves price and location attractiveness for export-orientated companies. In addition, companies with an annual turnover of up to CHF 100,000 are exempt from VAT.

In combination with the stable Swiss currency, high level of legal certainty and political stability, Uri offers an internationally compatible but manageable environment in which companies can operate successfully in the long term.