Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided by private companies

Re:Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided b... by ThePadawan on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:06PM (#26378704)

> Of course this could vary by canton.

It does. Zurich still sends me a thick envelope with the 20 pages and tells me to throw away 90% of it if I do my taxes digitally.

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Re:Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided b... by CaptainZapp on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:16PM (#26378796)

I actually double checked.

What they send out (and yes, in the canton of Zürich) is two A3 pages (printed on both sides) a form informing you how to extend sending it in and, most ironically, an A4 page informing, why they send out less paperwork

It's right in front of me. So feel free to prove me wrong.

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Re:Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided b... by bbu on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:17PM (#26378806)

You should check your envelope again. If you did your taxes online in the past you don’t even have to snail mail the receipts anymore, they accept digital copies/photographs now.

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Re:Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided b... by phreeza on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:12PM (#26378762)

I only got this the first time after moving here, after that they switched to just sending me the access code.

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Re:Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided b... by tingle on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:59AM (#26383570)

In backward Wallis, I've been receiving a single folded A3 page for at least 5 years. And since last year, I could even snapshot the substantiating documents with my mobile and attach them to my digital tax form if I wanted to.

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