We bought a puppy last October, from someone in deepest Jura. She registered the transfer in the AMICUS system. All done and dusted, or so we thought. She has now contacted us to say that her Gemeinde has billed her for our dog’s 2026 tax. Apparently the AMICUS transfer wasn’t complete because we hadn’t confirmed it in the database (we didn’t know this was even a thing). And her Gemeinde just goes off the AMICUS register, not actual dog ownership, and they are apparently being very bureaucratic about this. So she’s asked use to pay her tax bill, but I’m a bolshie beggar. We have to pay the 2026 tax in our Gemeinde (because this is where the dog is), and I don’t feel like paying double dog tax just because her Gemeinde is über-bureaucratic. Anyone have any suggestions how to deal with this? It seems like a Swiss-type problem, so I’m hoping there might be a Swiss-type solution? Thanks. submitted by /u/Dull-Job-3383
Originally posted by u/Dull-Job-3383 on r/Switzerland