Self-employed / Uri

Self-employed in Uri

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

Of CHF 100’000 profit, a single person without children in Altdorf has CHF 6’423 left a month. Tax and social contributions take 22.9% of the profit, which puts Altdorf 5th among the 26 cantonal capitals.

Profit and what's left in Altdorf

Profit per yearSingleMarried, 2 children
CHF 50’0003’44517.3%3’7809.3%
CHF 80’0005’22021.7%5’67614.9%
CHF 100’0006’42322.9%6’94916.6%
CHF 150’0009’32625.4%9’98620.1%
CHF 200’00012’16527.0%12’91022.5%
CHF 300’00017’65529.4%18’39726.4%

The table shows what is left per month in Altdorf 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 Uri

  • 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 CHF 100’000 profit in Altdorf by CHF 3’525 a year.
  • With CHF 100’000 profit in Altdorf, church members pay another CHF 580 (Roman Catholic) or CHF 813 (Protestant) a year.
  • On top comes a personal tax of CHF 70 a year, CHF 70 for a married couple.
  • With CHF 100’000 profit, paying the pillar 3a maximum of CHF 17’740 saves CHF 3’150 of tax in Altdorf.
  • Uri has a flat tax: the simple tax is 7.1% of taxable income. Large personal deductions keep low incomes free of tax: CHF 15’300 for single people and CHF 26’900 for married couples.
  • Church tax in Uri is a percentage of taxable income, set by each parish.

Cheapest and most expensive communes in Uri

With CHF 100’000 profit, a single person pays CHF 9’658 of cantonal and communal tax a year in Schattdorf and CHF 10’963 in Isenthal. The difference is CHF 1’305 a year. Altdorf is number 5 of 19 communes.

CommuneMultiplierTax per year
Schattdorf91%9’658
Bürglen (UR)92%9’708
Realp92%9’708
Flüelen93%9’758
Altdorf (UR)95%9’859
9 more communes
Wassen108%10’511
Gurtnellen110%10’612
Seelisberg110%10’612
Sisikon116%10’913
Isenthal117%10’963

Social contributions in Uri

  • AHV / IV / EO10% from CHF 60’500
  • Family allowance fund1.3%
  • Contributions on CHF 100’000 profitCHF 11’300

The family allowance rate in Uri is the 4th lowest of the 26 cantons. AHV, IV and EO cost the same all over Switzerland, and the sliding scale for lower incomes applies in Uri too.

Altdorf compared with other capitals

In Sarnen you keep CHF 3 more a month, in Zurich CHF 12 less. See all 26 cantons in the calculator. For employees: net salary in Uri.

All 19 communes of Uri

The list gives the cantonal and communal tax per year for a single person with CHF 100’000 profit, without church tax, from Schattdorf to Isenthal. Federal tax of CHF 1’760 comes on top in every commune.

Show the list of 19 communes
  1. Schattdorf9’658
  2. Bürglen (UR)9’708
  3. Realp9’708
  4. Flüelen9’758
  5. Altdorf (UR)9’859
  6. Hospental9’859
  7. Seedorf (UR)9’859
  8. Attinghausen9’959
  9. Andermatt10’060
  10. Erstfeld10’260
  11. Unterschächen10’310
  12. Silenen10’361
  13. Spiringen10’361
  14. Göschenen10’511
  15. Wassen10’511
  16. Gurtnellen10’612
  17. Seelisberg10’612
  18. Sisikon10’913
  19. Isenthal10’963

Other cantons: self-employed in all 26 cantons.

Calculate your case in Uri

CHF

Income less business costs, before your own AHV contributions.

Altdorf (UR) · Uri

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

CHF6’423
Per year CHF 77’081Tax and contributions 22.9%
23%

Set aside 23% 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 17’740, the most you can deduct, would lower your tax by CHF 3’150.

Where your profit goes

  • Left for youAfter income tax and social contributions77’08177.1%
  • Cantonal and communal taxAltdorf (UR), Uri9’8599.9%
  • Federal taxDirect federal tax, the same everywhere in Switzerland1’7601.8%
  • AHV / IV / EOOld age, disability and income loss, 10%10’00010.0%
  • Family allowance fundCantonal fund, 1.3% of income up to CHF 148’2001’3001.3%
  • Profit per year100’000100%

Of the next CHF 1’000 of profit, CHF 711 is left for you.

Income tax in detail

CantonFederal
Profit after social contributions88’70088’700
Insurance premiums-2’700-2’700
Personal deduction-15’3000
Taxable income70’70086’000
Federal tax1’760
Cantonal tax, multiplier 100%5’020
Communal tax, multiplier 95%4’769
Personal tax70
Income tax per year11’619

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 monthCHF6’423