{"id":6065,"date":"2023-09-22T15:02:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2023-09-22T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:02:46","slug":"vat-obligation-formal-requirements-for-invoices-and-receipts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/vat-obligation-formal-requirements-for-invoices-and-receipts\/","title":{"rendered":"VAT obligation: formal requirements for invoices and receipts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invoices and receipts that meet legal requirements and formal criteria are necessary for proper VAT accounting.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Fotolia_Buchhaltung_zugeschnitten.jpg?resize=688%2C264\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An invoice that meets the formal requirements for invoicing (VAT) generally allows the input tax deduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The supporting documents (invoices\/receipts) must contain the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>name, address and VAT number of the service provider (supplier)<\/li><li>name and business address of the recipient (for receipts of CHF 400.00 or more)<\/li><li>date\/period of the delivery or service provision<\/li><li>exact description of the delivery or service<\/li><li>price (consideration) of the delivery or service<\/li><li>the VAT rate applied (e.g. 7.7%) and the specific VAT amount, if not included in the invoice amount<\/li><li>signature<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>We therefore recommend that you always request a correct invoice from the service provider (supplier).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your company formation or conversion of a sole proprietorship is best carried out via STARTUPS.CH! At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startups.ch\/en\/home\">STARTUPS.CH<\/a> you will receive professional advice before and after your company formation. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startups.ch\/en\/contact\/appointment\">register here<\/a> for a consultation or request documents free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/STARTUPSTV\">STARTUPS-TV<\/a> you can watch interesting film clips on the topic of &#8220;Successful Company Formation&#8221; &#8211; with lots of information, tips and tricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invoices and receipts that meet legal requirements and formal criteria are necessary for proper VAT accounting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[237,654,655,210,653],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":1833,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54Pb1-1zP","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6066,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065\/revisions\/6066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}