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VAT liability – Who has to charge value-added tax (VAT)?

In principle, anyone carrying out an independent commercial or professional activity is subject to VAT on annual sales of CHF 100,000 or more. This applies to independent private individuals (e.g. sole proprietorships or partnerships) and corporations (e.g. Sàrl and SA). The tax rate is 7.7%, with exceptions for lower rates. more

Self-employment and social security benefits

For self-employment, there are various special regulations in the area of social insurance that deviate from the rules for employed persons. more

VAT under control? SMEs must pay attention to these 10 points

VAT accounting is one of the most complicated administrative tasks for SMEs. With these ten points, you’ll be on the safe side and always have an overview. Value added tax (VAT) is probably the best known and most feared indirect tax in the Swiss tax mix among Swiss SMEs. As a so-called consumption tax, VAT […] more

Swiss tax return for companies made easy – thanks to taxea.ch

Thanks to the new tax application taxea.ch from Findea AG in Winterthur, companies can now easily outsource their tax returns to tax specialists. They only have to enter the most important data and the rest will be done by a tax expert. Taxea.ch guarantees companies a competent preparation of the tax return. If desired, a […] more

Swiss tax return for private individuals made easy – thanks to taxea.ch

Thanks to the new tax application taxea.ch from Findea AG in Winterthur, you can easily outsource your tax return to tax specialists. You only have to enter the most important data and the rest will be done by a tax expert. Taxea.ch guarantees its users maximum tax deductions and the lowest tax burden! more

Taxation of the holding company in Switzerland

In tax law, a holding company is a corporation (SA or Sàrl) which does not itself carry out any commercial activity. Its business purpose is to hold controlling interests in other companies. more

How to deduct home office costs from taxes

Due to the change from office to home office, many employees had to set up a workplace at home. The infrastructure costs to create a workspace at home can be deducted in the tax return if certain conditions are met. Learn all about home office tax deductions. Home office tax deductions In addition to the […] more

The city of Basel reduces corporation tax to 13%

As of recent, the corporation tax in the city of Basel is 13%. Through Patent Box deductions for research and development, companies have even achieved a reduction of up to 11%. The governing council has now allowed the changes take retroactive effect as of 1 January 2019. With the domicile service of our partner, Findea, […] more

Saving Costs With an Allowable Expenses Policy

A lunch with business partners, a night stop when on an assignment, public transport fare – despite all the digitalisation efforts, we are still accompanied by restaurant bills, parking and railway tickets, hotel invoices and other expense receipts in paper form. Indeed, in many places expenses are meanwhile recorded electronically; this has resolved only one […] more

Distinction Between Doing Business and Pursuing a Hobby

The distinction between doing business and pursuing a hobby is often not fully clear. It is crucial, however, because engagement in activities can obtain various classifications under tax law. According to the Federal Court, there are two elements that decide whether you do business or not: appropriateness of profit and pursuit of profit. Nonetheless, each […] more