What was the result of the vote “Amendment to the Federal Act on Withholding Tax”?

#	Municipality	Yes share	Canton
1	Bedretto	74.0%	TI
2	Lantsch/Lenz	74.0%	GR
3	Ferrera	73.1%	GR
4	Bursinel	72.6%	VD
5	Linescio	72.2%	TI
6	Hergiswil	72.2%	NW
7	Chavannes-le-Veyron	71.8%	VD
8	Uitikon	71.5%	ZH
9	Zumikon	71.4%	ZH
10	Saas-Fee	70.8%	VS

Result by district

yes share per district — the district figures BFS publishes; cantons without districts stay neutral

NoYesNo result

Strongest yes by district

BFS

Bezirk Höfe SZ65.2%

Region Maloja GR61.7%

Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ)SZ61.4%

Bezirk Meilen ZH61.2%

Wahlkreis Entlebuch LU59.3%

Strongest no by district

BFS

District de Moutier JU69.9%

District des Franches-Montagnes JU66.9%

District de Delémont JU65.5%

Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois BE64.9%

District de Lausanne VD61.8%

Result by district

District results as published by the FSO — top 10 yes / top 10 no

#	District	Yes share	Canton
1	Bezirk Höfe	65.2%	SZ
2	Region Maloja	61.7%	GR
3	Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ)	61.4%	SZ
4	Bezirk Meilen	61.2%	ZH
5	Wahlkreis Entlebuch	59.3%	LU
6	Bezirk Gersau	58.7%	SZ
7	Region Surselva	58.3%	GR
8	Wahlkreis Sursee	57.9%	LU
9	Region Albula	57.3%	GR
10	Region Bernina	57.0%	GR

Strongest yes by canton

BFS

Nidwalden62.7%

Zug62.6%

Appenzell Innerrhoden60.3%

Obwalden58.9%

Schwyz56.7%

Strongest no by canton

BFS

Jura64.4%

Neuchâtel61.2%

Basel-City59.5%

Geneva58.5%

Bern57.7%

Result by canton

#	Canton	Yes share	Turnout	Municipalities
1	Nidwalden	62.7%	56.1%	11
2	Zug	62.6%	57.9%	11
3	Appenzell Innerrhoden	60.3%	54.3%	5
4	Obwalden	58.9%	58.6%	7
5	Schwyz	56.7%	57.7%	30
6	Thurgau	54.2%	55.1%	80
7	Lucerne	53.4%	59.7%	79
8	Grisons	53.3%	49.7%	100
9	St. Gallen	53.0%	52.8%	75
10	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	51.7%	56.4%	20
11	Aargau	50.5%	51.1%	196
12	Ticino	50.2%	54.3%	100
13	Uri	49.7%	51.3%	19
14	Schaffhausen	49.1%	71.3%	26
15	Valais	49.0%	52.8%	122
16	Zurich	48.3%	53.9%	160
17	Vaud	46.9%	60.1%	300
18	Glarus	46.7%	45.4%	3
19	Basel-Landschaft	46.3%	53.1%	86
20	Solothurn	45.3%	52.8%	104
21	Fribourg	44.0%	56.1%	119
22	Bern	42.3%	55.5%	329
23	Geneva	41.5%	55.7%	45
24	Basel-City	40.5%	59.9%	3
25	Neuchâtel	38.8%	54.6%	24
26	Jura	35.6%	55.6%	51

Federal Council explanations

The Federal Council publishes its official explanations in German, French and Italian only; there is no English edition, and we do not translate them.

Source: Federal Council explanations (Federal Chancellery), chapter «In Kürze» · Official page (German)

Text put to the vote

BBl 2021 3002

Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2021 3002, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2021 3002 — official text

Frequently asked questions

What was the result of the vote “Amendment to the Federal Act on Withholding Tax”?: On 25.09.2022, “Amendment to the Federal Act on Withholding Tax” was rejected with 1'316'230 yes and 1'426'457 no. Turnout was 55.0%.
How did the cantons vote on “Amendment to the Federal Act on Withholding Tax”?: The strongest yes came from Nidwalden (62.7%), the strongest no from Jura (35.6%).
Was “Amendment to the Federal Act on Withholding Tax” accepted?: “Amendment to the Federal Act on Withholding Tax” was rejected nationwide on 25.09.2022.