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Now that I am officially registered as ANobAG I can take care of a couple minor things. An actually not-so-minor one is childcare allowance: this is money that everyone taking care of children in Switzerland, regardless of income, receives on a monthly basis. It’s roughly 200 CHF (215 EUR / 227 USD) per child, per… Continue reading ANobAG Quest #4: Family Allowances and Retirement Plan

You might remember that the Swiss Government still owes me the surplus taxes that I paid in 2020. I haven’t seen a cent rappel of those yet, so today I called the tax office of the city of Zerneve. They told me that, yes, they owe me such and such, but since next year I… Continue reading 2020 Tax Odissey #5: The End?

Good news about my ANobAG quest. First of all, I finally managed to get an UVG insurance. It was tricky, two insurers rejected me because of the infamous chicken-and-egg problem, they could not get over it. Interestingly, at least one of these insurers told me they don’t do UVG directly, but work with an external… Continue reading ANobAG Quest #3: Going Well

We collected the required documents to prepare for the Oath. This involved the following extra costs: Approx. equal to 101.45 CHF. Plus the previous 917.14 CHF we are now at about 1’019 CHF (about 1’095 EUR / 1’154 USD).

I am suffering so much. Remember I need to stipulate a UVG insurance in order to be registered as ANobAG? Well, it turns out that all the UVG insurers I asked are happy to insure me, provided I can show them the confirmation letter from SVA/AHV that I am registered as ANobAG. AYFKM? Yes, you… Continue reading ANobAG Quest #2: The Chicken or the UVG?

Today we received an email from the ALI (the Italian department for civil rights and immigartion) regarding Mei-Lin’s application for Italian citizenship. Please take a seat and enjoy the show. The email says something on the lines of: Dear Mei-Lin Feng, there is an important communication for you in the ALI system, please log in… Continue reading Mei-Lin’s Application for Italian Citizenship: Important Update

It’s time to go ANobAG. Where to start from? First of all I started by making phone calls. LOT of phone calls. It is surprising how little this form of self-employment is known. After some investigation, I discovered that registering as ANobAG is done through an online form on the website of the local (cantonal)… Continue reading ANobAG Quest #1

Dear readers, today I am happy to announce a new, EPIC saga of the AYFKM blog: I am going self-employed! So far I have been only working as an employee for Swiss entities: a cozy state of things, a monthly salary, no fuss. But I have been offered a position from a remote (US-based) company… Continue reading Self-employment in Switzerland!

Little side quest. A few years ago, while living in Germany, I opened a Commerzbank personal account. They allowed me to keep it after leaving Germany for Switzerland, so I said “why not? Might be helpful keeping an EUR bank account”. Well, it is time to close it. Not only I found its usefulness very… Continue reading Closing a Commerzbank account from abroad

Merry Halloween everybody! Rejoice the good news! I have finally received back the extra taxes paid for years 2021 and 2022 – but not for 2020 yet. I don’t know what’s going on with those, they assured me it’s WIP, let’s see… Anyway, I’m super happy, the big win for me was the 2021 year.… Continue reading 2021 and 2022 taxes finally refunded!