Income tax in Uri

Gross salary and what's left in Altdorf

The table shows what is left per month in Altdorf and, below it, the share of the salary that goes to income tax and social contributions. We assume one salary per household, no church tax and no pillar 3a payment, and the children are 6 and 10.

How Uri calculates the tax

• The canton's multiplier is 100% of the simple tax. Communes add between 91% and 117%, and Altdorf adds 95%.
• Two children lower the income tax of a married couple with a salary of CHF 100’000 in Altdorf by CHF 3’521 a year.
• On a salary of CHF 100’000 in Altdorf, church members pay another CHF 571 (Roman Catholic) or CHF 800 (Protestant) a year.
• A personal tax of CHF 70 a year comes on top, the same for single people and married couples.
• Paying the pillar 3a maximum of CHF 7’258 on a salary of CHF 100’000 saves CHF 1’457 of tax in Altdorf.

Deductions for employees in Uri

• Professional expenses on a CHF 100’000 salaryCHF 2’681
• Commuting, maximumCHF 13’000
• Meals away from home, maximumCHF 3’200
• Childcare per child, maximumCHF 25’800
• Second-earner deduction on a second salary of CHF 50’000CHF 3’700

These amounts apply to cantonal and communal tax in Uri. For federal tax the same employee deducts CHF 2’681 for professional expenses, up to CHF 3’300 for commuting, up to CHF 25’800 for childcare per child and CHF 14’100 for the second earner.

• A married couple with salaries of CHF 100’000 and CHF 50’000 pays CHF 15’577 of income tax a year in Altdorf and has CHF 9’911 left a month.
• The second-earner deduction in Uri applies only to the part of the lower salary above CHF 15’300 and is capped at CHF 3’700.

Cheapest and most expensive communes in Uri

On a gross salary of CHF 100’000, a single person pays CHF 9’509 of cantonal and communal tax a year in Schattdorf and CHF 10’794 in Isenthal. The difference is CHF 1’285 a year. Altdorf is number 5 of 19 communes.

Altdorf compared with other capitals

In Sarnen you keep CHF 9 more a month, in Lucerne CHF 8 less. The deductions of every canton are in the table of deductions for employees. For the self-employed: sole proprietors in Uri.