Tamedia Vote Poll: 'No' To Inheritance Tax Narrow 'Yes' To Civic Service

2025-10-15 05:29:49

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(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The first poll for the nationwide vote on November 30 indicates a clear“no” to the inheritance tax initiative and a very narrow“yes” to the citizen service initiative. This content was published on October 15, 2025 - 09:17 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

Deutsch de Deutliches Nein für Erbschaftssteuer – Knappes Ja zur Dienstpflicht Original Read more: Deutliches Nein für Erbschaftssteuer – Knappes Ja zur Dienstpflich

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Swiss voter opinions on the initiative“For a social climate policy – fairly financed through taxation (Initiative for a future)” appear quite clear, according to a survey published on Wednesday by 20 Minuten and Tamedia.

Some 67% of respondents rejected the petition for an inheritance tax of 50% on assets over CHF50 million ($63 million) in favour of climate protection. Some 31% wanted to accept it and 2% were undecided.

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The initiative “For a committed Switzerland”External link , which calls for civic service for all, received a very narrow approval rating of 51% in the survey, 44% wanted to reject it and 5% were undecided.

Translated from German by DeepL/jdp

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