Netiquette

The Federal Tax Administration FTA expects feedback on the content of this page to be respectful and to comply with the social media community guidelines.

We invite you to use our social media channels to stay informed and interact with us and others. The Comments sections are intended as a place for lively debate. You can do your bit to ensure a pleasant environment. In this regard, please note the following key points:

• Stay polite and keep to the topic.
• Keep your discussions upbeat and respectful.
• Be open to diverging opinions.
• Feel free to let us know about any errors you notice.

All users have the right to express their opinion in the Comments sections of our social media channels. However, comments may be removed if they:

• incite misdemeanours, crime, hate or violence;
• contain personal attacks, or offensive, threatening, discriminatory or pornographic content or depictions of violence;
• threaten the health or personal safety of others;
• contain advertising;
• have obviously been automatically generated (spam);
• are off-topic and posted repeatedly;
• are obviously false, posted repeatedly and are aimed at spreading disinformation;
• are not written in an official language of Switzerland, Swiss German or English.

In addition, comments that constitute an offence liable to ex officio prosecution may be reported to the police. Examples of such comments are discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation, and incitements to hatred and violence.

If a very large number of comments is posted at once, comments may temporarily be automatically moderated and deleted.

We reserve the right to block users on the relevant social media platform for a maximum of two years in the event of comments that constitute a particularly serious breach of the rules, or in the event of multiple comments that can be removed.

For questions on comment moderation and blocking, please contact us in writing at:

Communications FTA
Tel. +41 58 464 90 00
E-Mail: media@estv.admin.ch