這裡有一篇關於賦稅的問題(好像每個國家多多少少都會有！？)
還有關於服兵役的討論...
Federer has no plans to leave Switzerland
Sunday July 13, 10:41 AM
By Knut Engelmann
ZURICH (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Roger Federer has no plans
to leave his native Switzerland in search of lower taxes or to
avoid military service.
"The goal is to remain in Switzerland," Federer's father Robert
said in a telephone interview from the family's home in Bottmingen,
near Basel, on Sunday.
"We don't want to go to Monaco. Roger wants to stay in Switzerland."
His remarks came after reports in the Swiss Sunday press suggested
the 21-year-old, the first Swiss man to win a grand slam singles
title, may relocate abroad because Swiss military authorities refused
to excuse him from serving in the country's civil defence forces.
According to SonntagsZeitung, Federer has been declared unfit
for military service but ordered to serve instead in the civil
defence militia force.
Swiss law requires all Swiss males between the ages of 20 and
50 to serve either in the military or the 300,000-strong civil
defence force, which is tasked with "protecting the public in
the event of armed conflict".
Federer indicated the family was negotiating with military
authorities to find a solution for the tennis star, who would
be unable to keep up his strict training regime if he was drafted
to serve in the defence force.
"We'll be able to find an agreement," he said. "The military issue
is always a problem in Switzerland, not just for Roger, but for
other athletes as well."
Federer also denied that his son was looking to move abroad in
a bid to save taxes, but said he may move within Switzerland
in search of a lower income tax rate.
"Certainly we're trying to check on the tax situation," said
Federer senior, who works for a chemical company and helps
manage his son's affairs in his spare time.
Federer, who plays in the final of the Swiss Open in Gstaad
later on Sunday, has won around $6 million in prize money in
his career so far, a figure that is expected to increase
drastically now that he has bagged the Wimbledon title.
Income tax rates in Switzerland differ widely across cantons
(states) and even between communities within a given canton.
Towns like Zug, in German-speaking central Switzerland, are
famous for their low tax rates.
Other sports stars, such as German-born Formula One champion
Michael Schumacher who lives in the western canton of Vaud,
have clinched individual agreements with local tax authorities
that provide for sharply lower tax rates.
But this option is only open to foreigners -- or to Swiss who
have been living abroad for at least 10 years.
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