Christian Attenhofer has been advising companies and private individuals on intercantonal, national and international tax law for over ten years. His practice focuses on advising high net worth individuals, cross-border matters and tax-optimised succession planning, including issues relating to trust and foundation law. Christian Attenhofer also specialises in dispute prevention and tax litigation. He regularly represents clients in negotiations with tax authorities and in appeal and criminal tax proceedings before Swiss courts. He also lectures at EXPERTsuisse on family and inheritance law and is the author of numerous articles and commentaries on tax law.
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Mit der Abstimmung vom 8. März 2026 hat das Schweizer Stimmvolk Übergang zur Individualbesteuerung beschlossen. […]
Home offices have become an integral part of today's working world. This new way of working is encountering pre-existing […]
As of January 1, 2026, various tax-related changes to laws and regulations will come into effect in Switzerland in […]
On 29 and 30 January 2026, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) issued new circulars on […]
Christian Attenhofer, Analysis of Federal Court rulings on international administrative assistance in tax matters from the first half of […]
Christian Attenhofer / Daniel Holenstein / René Matteotti, in: Zweifel/Beusch/Matteotti (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Schweizerischen Steuerrecht, […]
The abolition of the imputed rental value marks a profound change in the Swiss tax system. With the elimination of […]
René Matteotti / Christian Attenhofer, Analysis of Federal Court case law on international administrative assistance in tax matters from […]
Tax-free capital gains are attractive to investors and entrepreneurs in Switzerland. But what applies to […]
René Matteotti / Christian Attenhofer, Analysis of the case law of the Federal Supreme Court on international administrative assistance in tax matters from [...]
Various tax provisions came into force on 1 January 2025. These range from the introduction [...]
The UK non-dom regime is being abolished for good and will no longer be from April 6, 2025.[...]
In its ruling 9C_690/2022 of July 17, 2024, a five-judge panel of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court[…]
Switzerland has committed to extending the international automatic exchange of information to crypto assets and salary data, [...]
René Matteotti / Christian Attenhofer/Marija Ilic/Luka Schadegg, Tax Controversy 2024, Switzerland: Law & Practice, Chambers […]
René Matteotti / Christian Attenhofer, Tax Controversy 2024, Switzerland: Trends and Developments, Chambers Global Practice […]
René Matteotti / Monika Bieri / Daniel Schoenenberger / Caterina Colling-Russo/ Christian Attenhofer, Transfer Pricing […]
René Matteotti / Christian Attenhofer, Analysis of the case law of the Federal Supreme Court on international administrative assistance in tax matters from [...]
Christian Attenhofer / Patrik Schwarb / Fabian Baumer, Klöti-Weber/Schudel/Schwarb (eds), Commentary on the Aargau Tax Act, § [...]
Christian Attenhofer / Hans-Jörg Müllhaupt, Klöti-Weber/Schudel/Schwarb (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Aargauer Steuergesetz, § 29 (Einkünfte aus […]
Christian Attenhofer, Klöti-Weber/Schudel/Schwarb (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Aargauer Steuergesetz, § 27b (Teilbesteuerung im Geschäftsvermögen), 5. Aufl., […]
Christian Attenhofer, Klöti-Weber/Schudel/Schwarb (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Aargauer Steuergesetz, §§ 5 und 6 (Begriff der juristischen […]
René Matteotti / Hendrik Blankenstein / Caterina Colling-Russo / Monika Bieri / Christian Attenhofer, Switzerland: […]
René Matteotti / Christian Attenhofer, Analysis of the case law of the Federal Supreme Court on international administrative assistance in tax matters from [...]
René Matteotti / Christian Attenhofer, Analysis of the case law of the Federal Supreme Court on international administrative assistance in tax matters from [...]
Oliver Jäggi / Christian Attenhofer, Impairments and Write-downs of Investments, ASA 90/8 (2021-2022), p. 459 [...]
René Matteotti / Hendrik Blankenstein / Monika Bieri / Christian Attenhofer, Transfer Pricing 2022, Switzerland: […]
René Matteotti, The parties' right to fair VAT criminal proceedings, Jusletter, January 11, 2021 (co-worker [...]
René Matteotti / Hendrik Blakenstein / Monika Bieri / Christian Horni, Transfer Pricing 2021, Switzerland: […]
René Matteotti / Natalja Ezzaini / Christian Horni, §21 Tax law emergency measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in: [...]
