Cantonal taxes
Large postcodes with low taxes: Where to look
You don't always have to move to a tiny village to save on taxes. Some large postcodes combine great infrastructure with a surprisingly low tax bill.
Municipality hub
Quarten
Quarten connects 8 postcode pages in St. Gallen. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 8
- Population
- 3'247
- Streets
- 347
- Effective tax rate
- 11.53%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Quarten
The municipality includes 3 split-postcode cases and 8 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
8877
Low taxesMurg
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 456
- Effective tax rate
- 11.53%
8882
Low taxesUnterterzen
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 456
- Effective tax rate
- 11.53%
8883
Low taxesQuarten
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 456
- Effective tax rate
- 11.53%
8884
Low taxesOberterzen
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 456
- Effective tax rate
- 11.53%
8885
Low taxesMols
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 456
- Effective tax rate
- 11.53%
8878
Low taxesQuinten
- Address share
- 97.8%
- Population
- 479
- Effective tax rate
- 11.53%
8898
Low taxesFlumserberg Tannenbodenalp
- Address share
- 90.1%
- Population
- 450
- Effective tax rate
- 11.53%
8896
Flumserberg Bergheim
- Address share
- 4.3%
- Population
- 38
- Effective tax rate
- 12.41%
How this municipality cluster behaves
Quarten connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 9'220 total tax, or 11.53% effective.
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