Unofficial · for iPhone

Your military exemption tax, estimated in a minute.

How much Wehrpflichtersatzabgabe will you pay, until which year – and is your bill right? Answer a few questions and keep every levy, bill and deadline in view.

FreeDownload on the App StoreFree · iPhone with iOS 17 or later

Free core calculation
No account
Nothing leaves your iPhone

Unofficial estimate – for reference only

How it works

1
Tell the app your situation
Unfit for service, Zivilschutz, naturalised or still serving. The app never asks why.
2
Add your years and income
Year of birth, the year your liability started and your taxable income from the tax bill.
3
See every year at once
This year's levy, the years still to come, the total and the next deadline – each step with its article of law.

A closer look

The same screens as on the App Store.

Your military tax, estimated – This year's levy and every year still to come

Every year until the last – Estimate, bill and payment per Ersatzjahr

Is your bill right? – Compare it with your estimate – with objection countdown

Set up in a minute – Unfit, Zivilschutz, naturalised or serving

Never miss a deadline – Bills, payments and objections, with reminders

Naturalise now or later? – Compare the scenarios before you decide

All the tools in one place – Every step with its law, glossary, canton, refund

Free to calculate. Pay once to keep track.

The full version is a one-time purchase of CHF 5 – no subscription, Family Sharing included.

Free

CHF 0

Estimate for any Ersatzjahr: 3 % of the taxable income, minimum CHF 400, with reductions for service and Zivilschutz days
Liability timeline: first and last levy, levies still to come and their total
Next deadline at a glance: provisional bill in May, payment within 30 days, 30-day objection period
Calculation step by step with WPEG / WPEV references
Glossary of the official terms on your bill, canton contacts, instalments and remission
Local reminders, Face ID lock, three colour themes

Full version

CHF 5 once

Projection with your own income per year and salary growth
Ledger: provisional bill, final assessment, paid and refunded per year
Bill check: compare an assessment with your estimate, objection countdown
Zivilschutz day carry-over across years
Scenarios: naturalise now or later, serve or postpone
Refund estimate with the 5-year deadline, prepayment before moving abroad
Final levy check (Abschluss-Ersatzabgabe), home and lock screen widgets, PDF export

The rules in brief

What the app calculates with, taken from the federal law. Your canton's assessment is what counts.

3 %of the taxable income (federal direct tax basis)

CHF 400minimum levy per year

11 yearsat most – from the year after recruitment, ending at the latest in the year you turn 37

1 Maydue date for the previous year, payable within 30 days

30 daysto object after receiving the assessment

−4 %per paid Zivilschutz day; service days reduce the levy too

Rules version 2026.1, as of 14 October 2026. Rules change with app updates.

Sources

Questions

Is this the official calculator?

No. Military Tax is an independent app, not affiliated with the Swiss Confederation, the ESTV, the army or any canton. It applies the published federal law; only your canton's assessment is binding.

Who pays the Wehrpflichtersatzabgabe?

Swiss men liable for service who do not complete their service in a year – for example because they are unfit, serve in Zivilschutz, became Swiss after 24 or postponed a refresher course.

How exact is the estimate?

It follows the order of the law: taxable income, 3 %, minimum CHF 400, reductions for service and Zivilschutz days. Differences come from income figures, cantonal practice and rounding – the app shows each step so you can compare it with your bill.

What does the full version add?

A projection with your own income per year, a ledger of bills and payments, a check of an assessment against your estimate, scenarios, refund and moving-abroad tools, widgets and PDF export. The calculation itself stays free.

What happens to my data?

Nothing leaves your iPhone. The app has no account, no analytics and makes no network requests.

Private by design

No account, no ads, no tracking, no network requests. Your income and bills stay on your iPhone – and you can lock the app with Face ID.

No account and no login.
No analytics, no advertising, no tracking.
The app makes no network requests. Everything you enter stays on this iPhone.

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