Don't really know how it is these days, as I said, the wife does the taxes... haven't filled out a form myself for a loooong time. I know that I had interest on my "Wehrpflichtsersatz" in any case, which is a rather swiss concept I'm afraid.
Basically, since we have a citizen army, if you don't serve you have to at least pay for it (well, if you're
male, at least). Since I was out of country for several years and therefore couldn't serve (it's usually 2 or 3 weeks a year), I had to pay. In advance, before leaving the country, of course. Since the advance sum was calculated for what I was earning then and without kids, it turned out to be some 750-odd bucks too much when I filed all the paperwork on my return (for the last 5 years - and that did NOT count for the taxes, for those we had to do the whole paperwork
again). I remember getting some 20-and-a-few franks of interest on those.
And why would that be so astonishing? I lent them money, after all! If you're taking it in advance, you'd better be prepared to pay interest. We're very peculiar about our interests, us Swiss... :lol: