Tax privileges

Multinational companies are moving to the Lake Geneva region for tax reasons.

This content was published on December 7, 2010 - 14:35

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Nissan, Yahoo, Chiquita – many multinational companies are moving their European headquarters to Switzerland. Here they pay much lower corporate taxes than in other countries. The international holdings have privileges that not even Swiss firms enjoy. (SF Eco – swissinfo.ch)

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