Compilation of the 233 responses of the Members having replied

I. Not retired :

1. Do you feel you are victim of tax discrimination?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	8	6	3	17	34
No	32	19	18	35	*104*
I don't know	12	-	13	13	38
(no response)	-	1	3	-	4

2. Is your salary still taken as basis for taxation (of other income: spouse, real estate..?)

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	6	6	8	22	42
No	25	14	20	22	81
I don't know	8	6	4	9	27
(no response)	13	-	5	12	30

3. How do you appreciate the information from the tax authorities?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Sufficient	11	8	11	10	40
Insufficient	30	17	20	42	*109*
I don't know	11	1	3	13	28
(no response)	-	-	3	-	3

3'. If not sufficient, which aspects of the information from the tax authorities could be improved (all results together) :

	Fully agree	Partly agree	Somewhat agree	Not agree	I don't know	(no response)
Taxes other than on income	74	20	2	3	2	105
News taxes	64	14	6	1	17	113
Declaration & taxation of foreign income	52	10	6	4	16	110
Deductions & reductions	75	12	5	2	11	106
Others ?	4	-	-	1	2	124

4. Are other important tax questions, not mentioned above, still without satisfactory solution to date?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	12	8	2	10	32
No	8	5	9	42	64
I don't know	16	11	16	1	44
(no response)	16	2	10	12	40

II. Retired :

5. How do you consider the information on taxation in view of retirement?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Sufficient	9	8	1	7	25
Insufficient	25	34	14	36	*109*
I don't know	9	11	12	17	49
(no response)	9	-	10	5	24

6. Do you think that pensions should be exempted from taxation with current level remuneration ?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	38	42	20	45	*145*
No	5	8	2	10	25
I don't know	3	0	5	5	13
(no response)	6	3	10	5	24

7. Would you accept a unique and valid tax on pension income ?
(version fr. :un impôt unique et effectif sur le revenu des pensions)

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	20	24	13	31	88
No	5	16	5	8	34
I don't know	20	13	9	20	62
(no response)	7	-	10	6	23

8. Do you know countries with current tax exemption on pension ?
(all results together)

	Yes	No	If yes, which one ?	(no response)
For staff of your organization, independent of nationality	123	67	Algeria, Austria , Canaries, Costa Rica, French Polynesia, Greece, India, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey	33
For staff of your organization, except those who are national of the country of residence	15	89	Austria, Costa Rica, Greece, Spain	99
For staff of your organization, except those who are nationals of country of residence	14	92	Austria, Costa Rica, Spain, Uruguay	100
For staff of all intergovernmental organizations	24	85	Austria, Costa Rica, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Sweden	107

9. To your knowledge, which countries have introduced tax exemptions on international pensions ? (all results together)

	N° of answer
On the basis of an international agreement	32	Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, UK?, Liban?, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden
On the basis of an internal legislation	21	Australia, Austria, Chile, India, Monaco, Morocco, New-Zeeland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia
In the absence of an internatioanl accord or clear legal basis	16	Austria, Chile, Greece, Italy, Spain, USA?

10. Do you know countries without fiscal exemption, but "favorable to internationals" ?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	8	7	8	9	32
No	16	22	11	29	78
I don't know	20	20	8	21	69
(no response)	8	4	10	6	28

Countries mentioned (Yes) : Austria, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

11. What do these advantages affect?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Deductions	3	1	1	2	7
Diversified tax portfolio	0	3	1	2	6
Others	3	4	3	0	10
I don't know	19	33	11	36	99
(no response)	27	12	21	25	85

12. Do you know countries which will increase fiscal imposition?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	1	17	4	13	35
No	29	23	17	32	*101*
(no response)	22	13	16	20	71

Countries mentioned (Yes) : France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland

13. Influence of tax imposition on the choice of the country for your retirement?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Very important	13	18	12	26	69
Fairly important	15	15	12	16	58
Low important	14	18	3	17	52
I don't know	2	1	1	2	6
(no response)	8	1	9	4	22

14. Do you consider that your Organization should be more involved on taxation problems?

a. information and advice to staff in active service :

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	39	45	26	59	*169*
No	4	8	2	2	16
I don't know	1	4	3	1	9
(no response)	8	22	6	3	39

b. information and advice to retired staff :

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	38	55	23	41	*157*
No	2	5	-	-	7
I don't know	5	6	8	10	29
(no response)	7	13	6	4	30

c. negotiation with State authorities to obtain full national tax exemption on international pensions :

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	43	61	30	49	*183*
No	3	10	-	6	19
I don't know	3	5	3	6	17
(no response)	3	3	4	4	14

15. What request would you wish to make to your association with regards to taxation ?

a. & b. : see specific comments.

III. Anonym questions

16. Number of responses, per associations :

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Man	19	59	24	29	-
Woman	30	19	9	36	-
(no response)	3	1	4	-	-
Total	52	79	37	65	*233*

19. Status of the civil servants :

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Active staff	40	26	30	44	*140*
Retired staff	12	53	3	21	89
(no response)	2	-	4	-	6

21. Recurrent Country of residence :

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Switzerland	12	10	16	53	91
France	36	9	14	12	71
Italy	-	9	3	-	12
Germany	-	37	-	-	37
Other country	1	2	-	-	3
(no response)	2	2	4	-	8

22. Future country of residence :

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Switzerland	4	3	8	29	44
France	28	5	3	5	41
Italy	1	1	4	-	6
Germany	-	35	-	-	35
Austria	1	6	-	-	7
Different countries	4	27	5	7	43
(no response)	13	2	17	26	58

23. Will You change your country of residence at the time of retirement ?

	AFIF	VDBIO	AIFI	AFIS	Totals
Yes	16	18	12	15	61
No	3	8	2	13	29
I don't know	13	12	17	28	70
(no response)	17	41	6	9	73

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Compilation of the 233 responses of the Members having replied

I. Not retired :

II. Retired :

III. Anonym questions