Higher tax receipts allowed the Federal Council to abandon those cuts. Summary: Total federal expenditure increases CHF 2.7bn, from CHF 91.1bn to CHF 93.8bn. Social welfare gets the largest identifiable increase among policy areas, about CHF 900m, while security increases about CHF 400m. Education and research increase around CHF 100m and transport around CHF 100m. For social welfare specifically, the CHF 900m increase includes roughly CHF 500m more for old-age provision, nearly CHF 200m more for disability insurance, and nearly CHF 200m more for health-insurance premium reductions. Additionally, because the revenue outlook improved, the government says the planned future VAT increase for defence can be smaller than previously proposed. submitted by /u/BastiatLaVista
Originally posted by u/BastiatLaVista on r/Switzerland