Swiss National Council Approves Pending Protocols to Tax Treaties with Iran, Ireland, South Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine

On 10 March 2020, the Swiss National Council (lower house of parliament) approved the ratification of the pending protocols to the tax treaties with eight countries, including:

• The protocol to the 2002 tax treaty Iran, signed 3 June 2019;
• The protocol to the 1966 tax treaty with Ireland, signed 13 June 2019;
• The protocol to the 1980 tax treaty with South Korea, signed 17 May 2019;
• The protocol to the 2010 tax treaty with the Netherlands, signed 12 June 2019;
• The protocol to the 1980 tax trea…