Where do you pay the least tax in Switzerland?

In Buchberg (SH): CHF 10'060 income tax on a gross salary of CHF 100,000 for a single person with no children, tax year 2026. The amount covers federal, cantonal, municipal and personal tax, but not church tax.

Why not compare tax multipliers?

Because the multiplier is a percentage of the cantonal simple tax and every canton has a different base — two identical multipliers do not mean the same tax bill in two cantons. Only the franc amount for the same household is comparable.

← Schaffhausen

Tax burden · Tax year 2026 · Source: ESTV

The lowest tax burden in canton Schaffhausen

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Buchberg has the lowest tax burden in canton Schaffhausen: CHF 10'060 income tax on a gross salary of CHF 100,000 (single, no children, no church tax). Stetten (CHF 10'429) and Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CHF 11'228) follow. Source: Federal Tax Administration, tax year 2026.

Tax burden by municipality

ESTV · 2026

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Tax burden

ESTV · 2026

#	Municipality	Tax	Share	Multiplier
1	Buchberg	10'060	10.1%	59
2	Stetten	10'429	10.4%	65
3	Neuhausen am Rheinfall	11'228	11.2%	78
4	Rüdlingen	11'351	11.4%	80
5	Schaffhausen	11'535	11.5%	83
6	Büttenhardt	11'658	11.7%	85
7	Hemishofen	11'904	11.9%	89
8	Beringen	12'027	12%	91
9	Thayngen	12'088	12.1%	92
10	Löhningen	12'150	12.2%	93
11	Stein am Rhein	12'273	12.3%	95
12	Buch	12'334	12.3%	96
13	Dörflingen	12'457	12.5%	98
14	Lohn	12'457	12.5%	98
15	Neunkirch	12'519	12.5%	99
16	Ramsen	12'519	12.5%	99
17	Bargen	12'703	12.7%	102
18	Siblingen	12'887	12.9%	105
19	Merishausen	13'195	13.2%	110
20	Hallau	13'318	13.3%	112
21	Trasadingen	13'318	13.3%	112
22	Wilchingen	13'318	13.3%	112
23	Beggingen	13'441	13.4%	114
24	Gächlingen	13'502	13.5%	115
25	Schleitheim	13'502	13.5%	115
26	Oberhallau	13'625	13.6%	117

How we measure this

ESTV

Total income tax (federal, cantonal, municipal and personal tax) in Swiss francs for one fixed household: single, no children, aged 35, CHF 100'000 gross employment income, no confession, no wealth. Because the same household is calculated in every municipality, the amount is comparable across Switzerland — unlike the tax multiplier, which is a percentage of each canton’s own simple tax and therefore rests on a different base in every canton. Source: Federal Tax Administration.

Frequently asked questions

Where do you pay the least tax in Switzerland?: In Buchberg (SH): CHF 10'060 income tax on a gross salary of CHF 100,000 for a single person with no children, tax year 2026. The amount covers federal, cantonal, municipal and personal tax, but not church tax.
Why not compare tax multipliers?: Because the multiplier is a percentage of the cantonal simple tax and every canton has a different base — two identical multipliers do not mean the same tax bill in two cantons. Only the franc amount for the same household is comparable.