Self-employed / Nidwalden

Self-employed in Nidwalden

Tax year 2026 · Data updated 14 Nov 2026 · Source: ESTV, BSV

Of CHF 100’000 profit, a single person without children in Stans has CHF 6’395 left a month. Tax and social contributions take 23.3% of the profit, which puts Stans 8th among the 26 cantonal capitals.

Profit and what's left in Stans

Profit per yearSingleMarried, 2 children
CHF 50’0003’46017.0%3’7739.4%
CHF 80’0005’21121.8%5’75213.7%
CHF 100’0006’39523.3%7’02315.7%
CHF 150’0009’23126.2%10’02819.8%
CHF 200’00012’00428.0%12’91522.5%
CHF 300’00017’51030.0%18’27626.9%

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

Income tax in Nidwalden

  • The canton's multiplier is 261% of the simple tax. Communes add between 120% and 250%, and Stans adds 235%.
  • Married couples and single parents pay the rate that applies to their income divided by 1.85.
  • Two children lower the income tax of a married couple with CHF 100’000 profit in Stans by CHF 3’942 a year.
  • With CHF 100’000 profit in Stans, church members pay another CHF 803 (Roman Catholic) or CHF 522 (Protestant) a year.
  • On top comes a personal tax of CHF 50 a year, CHF 50 for a married couple.
  • With CHF 100’000 profit, paying the pillar 3a maximum of CHF 17’700 saves CHF 3’330 of tax in Stans.
  • Parents in Nidwalden who look after their children themselves deduct CHF 3’200 per child under 15.

Cheapest and most expensive communes in Nidwalden

With CHF 100’000 profit, a single person pays CHF 7’699 of cantonal and communal tax a year in Hergiswil (NW) and CHF 10’309 in Wolfenschiessen. The difference is CHF 2’610 a year. Stans is number 9 of 11 communes.

CommuneMultiplierTax per year
Hergiswil (NW)120%7’699
Ennetbürgen150%8’301
Beckenried179%8’884
Ennetmoos180%8’904
Stansstad187%9’044
1 more communes
Oberdorf (NW)200%9’305
Emmetten222%9’747
Stans235%10’008
Dallenwil240%10’108
Wolfenschiessen250%10’309

Social contributions in Nidwalden

  • AHV / IV / EO10% from CHF 60’500
  • Family allowance fund1.5%
  • Contributions on CHF 100’000 profitCHF 11’500

The family allowance rate in Nidwalden is the 13th lowest of the 26 cantons. AHV, IV and EO cost the same all over Switzerland, and the sliding scale for lower incomes applies in Nidwalden too.

Stans compared with other capitals

In Lucerne you keep CHF 14 more a month, in Schaffhausen CHF 14 less. See all 26 cantons in the calculator. For employees: net salary in Nidwalden.

All 11 communes of Nidwalden

The list gives the cantonal and communal tax per year for a single person with CHF 100’000 profit, without church tax, from Hergiswil (NW) to Wolfenschiessen. Federal tax of CHF 1’747 comes on top in every commune.

Show the list of 11 communes
  1. Hergiswil (NW)7’699
  2. Ennetbürgen8’301
  3. Beckenried8’884
  4. Ennetmoos8’904
  5. Stansstad9’044
  6. Buochs9’245
  7. Oberdorf (NW)9’305
  8. Emmetten9’747
  9. Stans10’008
  10. Dallenwil10’108
  11. Wolfenschiessen10’309

Other cantons: self-employed in all 26 cantons.

Calculate your case in Nidwalden

CHF

Income less business costs, before your own AHV contributions.

Stans · Nidwalden

Marital status
Children under 18
0
Pillar 3a payment
More options
CHF

Only if you joined a pension fund voluntarily. It lowers the pillar 3a limit to CHF 7’258.

CHF

The compensation office deducts 1% interest on it before it charges contributions (rate for 2025, the latest published).

Between 0 and 5% of the AHV contribution. Your office's invoice shows it.

CHF

Leave empty to use the assumption of the federal tax calculator: CHF 4’560 per adult and CHF 1’200 per child.

Left per month

CHF6’395
Per year CHF 76’745Tax and contributions 23.3%
24%

Set aside 24% of your profit for tax and social contributions. Tax and AHV invoices arrive months later, so the money should be there when they do.

A pillar 3a payment of CHF 17’700, the most you can deduct, would lower your tax by CHF 3’330.

Where your profit goes

  • Left for youAfter income tax and social contributions76’74576.7%
  • Cantonal and communal taxStans, Nidwalden10’00810.0%
  • Federal taxDirect federal tax, the same everywhere in Switzerland1’7471.7%
  • AHV / IV / EOOld age, disability and income loss, 10%10’00010.0%
  • Family allowance fundCantonal fund, 1.5% of income up to CHF 148’2001’5001.5%
  • Profit per year100’000100%

Of the next CHF 1’000 of profit, CHF 709 is left for you.

Income tax in detail

CantonFederal
Profit after social contributions88’50088’500
Insurance premiums-2’700-2’700
Taxable income85’80085’800
Federal tax1’747
Cantonal tax, multiplier 261%5’240
Communal tax, multiplier 235%4’718
Personal tax50
Income tax per year11’755

The family allowance rate is the one of the cantonal fund. If you belong to a professional association's fund, your rate may differ.

Same profit in every canton

Left per month if you live in the cantonal capital.

  • 1Zug6’881
  • 2Schwyz6’659
  • 3Appenzell Innerrhoden6’468
  • 4Obwalden6’427
  • 5Uri6’423
  • 6Zurich6’412
  • 7Lucerne6’410
  • 8Nidwalden6’395

This is an estimate and doesn't replace tax advice. It covers only your income from self-employment. Other income, wealth tax and deductions that aren't listed above are left out. Your tax office and your compensation office set the final amounts.

Left per monthCHF6’395