You live in Zurich. Your flat is abroad. It still goes in your tax return.

Own a flat in Ukraine, Spain or anywhere else and live in the canton of Zurich? It belongs in your Zurich tax return. Answer a few plain questions and get the exact number for every line.

CHF 49.95 per property. No account. Your data stays in your browser.

Deadline for 2025: 30 September 2026, today

Liegenschaftenverzeichnis

Steuererklärung 2025

Kanton Zürich

Liegenschaft 1

Ort City
Valencia
Strasse Street
Carrer de Colón 27
Kanton / Land Country
Spanien
Art Type
Stockwerkeigentum
Fläche Area
68 m²
Eigenmietwert / Mietzinseinnahmen Notional rent or rent received
CHF3'320

a notional rent, not real money

Unterhalts- und Verwaltungskosten, pauschal Flat maintenance deduction, 20%
−664
Verbleibender Ertrag Remaining income
2'656
Verkehrswert Tax value
78'120

70% of what you paid

Nettoertrag aus Liegenschaften Net income from property. Goes to the tax return, line 6
1882'656
Liegenschaften zum Verkehrswert Property at market value. Goes to the tax return, line 31.1
42178'120

copy these two into your tax return

Example: a 68 m² flat in Valencia bought for EUR 120'000

What Zurich wants to know, and what it costs you

  • You have to declare it

    Anyone who files a tax return in Zurich declares income and assets worldwide. That includes a flat in Valencia, Berlin or Kyiv, even if nobody lives there.

  • Switzerland does not tax it

    Swiss law taxes real estate only in the country where it stands, and Switzerland's tax treaties say the same. Zurich removes the flat from your taxable wealth and income.

  • It only moves your tax rate

    The value and a notional rent are used to set your rate. For a typical flat the effect is small. Leaving the flat out is what gets expensive: back taxes, interest and a fine.

Three steps, about ten minutes

Prepare my declaration · 10 minutes
  1. Describe your flat

    Country, city, size, what you paid or what it is worth, and how it is used today: kept for yourself, lived in by family, rented out, or not usable.

  2. Get the Zurich values

    Tax value at 70% of the price. Notional rent at 4.25% for flats or 3.5% for houses. The 20% flat deduction for maintenance. All converted to francs.

  3. Copy the numbers into your tax return

    The result mirrors the Zurich property form line by line, with a ready German note for the remarks field. Type it into ZHprivateTax or the paper form.

Ten minutes now saves a letter from the tax office later

Have the purchase price and the size of the flat ready. That is all you need.

Prepare my declaration · 10 minutes