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Switzerland: Legal changes for the year change 2003/2004 ( RELNPY_CH_47023_JW2004 )
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Switzerland: Legal changes for the year change 2003/2004
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Different laws and decrees of enforcement have changed for the year change 2003/2004, which affect the SAP standard system.
Below is an overview of all the functions in Payroll: Switzerland and SAP HR Pension Fund: Switzerland, which are affected by the legal changes on 01/01/2004.
Withholding Tax
- Withholding Tax Disk
The withholding tax scales are available in files that can be downloaded from the Swiss Federal Tax Office (ESTV) website: http://www.estv.admin.ch/
The format of the files corresponds to the former SECO format and can be read with the Maintain Withholding Tax Tables (RPUQSTC2) program.
- Changes to Withholding Tax Scales
The withholding tax scales will change in the following cantons:
Basel-country (BL), Basel-town (BS), Fribourg (FR), Glarus (GL), Lucerne (LU), Neuchatel (NE), Obwalden (OW), Schaffhausen (SH), Soleure (SO), Schwyz (SZ) und Zurich (ZH).
Changes affecting all other cantons are not currently available.
Social Insurance
- ALV Percentage Rates
The ALV contribution rates will be lowered from 01/01/2004.
Further information can be found in the SAP note HR-CH: Social Insurance- Year Change 2003/2004(674327).
- Family Allowances
You can read about this year's changes to family allowances in the SAP note HR-CH: Family Allowances - Year Change 2003/2004 (670790).
Check the changes related to family allowances in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Payroll: Switzerland under Family Allowances-> Adjust Family Allowances. The changed constants for family allowances and the percentage rates of employer's contributions are available in the SAP standard system in client 000. Adjust your customer clients with the entries valid from the 01/01/2004.
Pension Fund
- Reduction in the BVG Minimum Interest Rate
The BVG minimum interest rate will be reduced by 3.25% (2003) from 01/01/2004 to 2.25%.
- Changes to interest on arrears rate
The interest on arrears rate for the delayed bank transfer of labor mobility benefit will be reduced to 2.5%.
You can find more detailled information in the SAP note HR-PF-CH: Changes BVG - Year change 2003/2004 (670788).
Statistics
- Employment Statistics BESTA
The layout of the statistics will change from the forth quarter of 2003. The total number of cross-border employees of a foreign nationality must be identified and this number divided according to gender. Further information can be found in the SAP note PY-CH: Employment statistics quarter from 4th quarter (670401).
- Swissmem Statistics from 2004
If your company belongs to the Swiss association of machinery, electrical and metal industries, (Swissmem, formerly known as ASM), you must generate statistics for Swissmem's salary comparison as of 2004. Information can be found in Release Information Swissmem Statistics 2004 (new) or in the SAP note PY-CH: Swissmem Statistics 2004 (610521).
Note
A complete description of the changes that have been delivered for the year change 2003/2004, can be found in the notes about the year change. Only the changes that you must make yourself following the import of the legal changes are described in this release information.
Further Information
You can find information regarding the legal changes that we deliver via HR support packages for the 2003/2004 year change in the following notes:
- Advance notice: 2003/2004 year change Switzerland (668005)
- 2003/2004 year change Switzerland content (0668007)
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