Originally Posted by
heckenhocker
I'd suggest englishforum.ch as a source of more information.
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I'd also very much recommend
http://en.comparis.ch/ .
It's a great source of all types of info (taxes, car insurance, health insurance,housing) and they have a special chapter for Moving to Switzerland.
Here you can check
taxes. It's not canton only. Within the canton you may have communes with lower rates.
I'd be very careful to check all the details what may at first seem a very attractive proposal can be very quickly wiped out by
housing, schooling, health insurance, cost of living in general (can be off-set by shopping in France)
And especially if you don't have employer support on the 3 first points.
Switzerland is a great place to live IMO, but it's pretty expensive.
Take into account that bills for Trash, Electricity and TV/Radio rights, car Insurance, car plates paid yearly, household insurance, will add up to your expenses.
Originally Posted by
BenSenise
Be sure to check out schools for your kids if you plan on sending them to english speaking ones (Ecole International in Geneva or Founex) as they have long waiting lists and are quite dear.
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I live in Lausanne and not GVA, but the situation here is similar.
If you consider Lausanne here is the link for the International school were most expats have their kids.
Here is the fee page.
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