{"id":54892,"date":"2020-02-04T09:15:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T08:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/calculating-the-acquired-property\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:16:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T09:16:41","slug":"calculating-the-acquired-property","status":"publish","type":"ratgeber","link":"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/en\/advisor\/calculating-the-acquired-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Calculating the acquired property"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Matrimonial property is divided before the estate is calculated. This is indispensable for the start of the inheritance process. Calculating the acquired property results in the \u2018surplus\u2019. This is divided equally between the spouses.<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ubersicht-der-guterstande-nach-zgb\">Overview of the matrimonial property scheme under the Swiss Civil Code (ZGB)<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joint ownership of acquired property<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/wechsel-zu-guetergemeinschaft-und-gesamtgut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joint property<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">separation of property.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law of property is regulated starting with Art. 181 ZGB. Unless spouses regulate otherwise, they will automatically fall under the matrimonial regime of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/errungenschaft-oder-eigengut-praktische-bedeutung-einer-schwierigen-abgrenzung\/\">joint ownership of acquired property<\/a>. Therefore, this is called the \u2018<strong>statutory property regime<\/strong>\u2019. If the couple wishes to agree on joint property or separation of property, they must do so in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/ehevertrag-moeglichkeiten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">marriage contract<\/a>. The matrimonial property regime can also be specified after the wedding.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-errungenschaft-berechnen\"><b>Calculate the acquired property<\/b><\/h2>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/die-gueterrechtliche-auseinandersetzung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">matrimonial property is always divided<\/a> before the estate is calculated, this term is relevant in inheritance law. The result of the calculation of the acquired property is called the \u2018surplus\u2019 and is divided equally between the spouses. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The acquired property of a spouse includes different kinds of income.<\/strong> Therefore, <strong>important components of acquired property include not only wages<\/strong>, but also benefits from staff pension funds, social insurances and social care institutions. Furthermore, compensation due to inability to work, income from personal property (such as interest from bank balances) and replacement costs (such as a car financed through wages) are included.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dividing matrimonial property is easy if an object was financed from a single asset. A house that a spouse inherits from their parents and renovates with funds from their personal property remains their personal property. But the division isn\u2019t so simple if funds from both assets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/?lang=de&amp;s=eigengut&amp;Suche=Senden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assets from acquired property and personal property<\/a>) are intermixed. In this scenario, claims to compensation between the various types of assets exist.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Example<\/strong><\/span> calculating the acquired property<\/h3>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The husband buys a sailing boat for 30,000 CHF. 20,000 CHF comes from the joint acquired property assets and the wife adds 10,000 CHF from her personal property. During the division of matrimonial property, the wife has a compensation claim against the acquired property for 10,000 CHF. This means the 10,000 CHF will be re-allocated to her personal property. And the remaining 20,000 CHF value of the sailing boat will be part of the acquired property.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If added value has accrued (which is frequently the case with property), a participation in that value exists. The added value is divided proportionately among the assets that financed the object. If the sailing boat described above is sold for 39,000 CHF when the matrimonial property is divided, the wife\u2019s compensation claim will participate in this profit. She will receive 13,000 CHF back. Since she co-financed 1\/3 of the boat, she also participates in 1\/3 of the value increase and receives 3,000 CHF in personal property. The acquired property thus still amounts to 26,000 CHF.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/app.deinadieu.ch\/testamentgenerator\">Draw up a will<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-das-konnte-sie-auch-interessieren\">This might also interest you<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/wie-wird-ein-testament-bei-demenz-uberpruft\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/der-nachlass-verheirateter-erblasser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matrimonial property law \u2013 the estates of married testators<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/erbrechtsrevision-testament-rechtssicher-verfassen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/die-gueterrechtliche-auseinandersetzung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Division of matrimonial property<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deinadieu.ch\/ratgeber\/errungenschaft-oder-eigengut-praktische-bedeutung-einer-schwierigen-abgrenzung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acquired property or personal property? 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