Value Added Tax (VAT)

Our VAT experts help you navigate through the complex world of indirect taxation and Swiss Value Added Tax (VAT).

What to expect from us

We help you keep track of the complex and constantly changing VAT legislation. Our experts make sure your documentation is up to date, correctly and duly completed and submitted on time to the relevant tax authorities.

It is our aim to offer tailor-made advice and support for your company’s demands. Our experience in dealing with all aspects of VAT allows us to offer individual advice and provide simple, effective solutions to even the most challenging VAT-related queries.

Our VAT advice includes:

Value added tax qualification of business transactions, incl. utilising opportunities and avoiding risks
Preparation of agreements
Implementation of special VAT solutions in relation to:
- Accounting
- Preparation of documentation and declarations
- Turnover tax and input VAT reconciliations

VAT services for corporate clients

Our VAT and Tax experts are focused on quickly identifying all your fiscal liabilities and the necessary measures. Whatever the stage of your business, we offer comprehensive, practical and efficient solutions. Let us make sure you stay VAT compliant as you grow your business.

Our services for corporate clients include:

Value Added Tax (VAT) qualification of business transactions to ensure correct implementation
Determination of a location or evaluation of current opportunities and risks with the help of our VAT check-ups
Solutions for recognising and monitoring opportunities and risks
Support for structuring a transaction in an optimised VAT manner
Support during contract negotiations
Support during VAT audits by the tax authorities
Review of VAT audit results
Serving as a VAT-representative when lodging objections or making other appeals
Evaluation of cross-border transactions and their impact in Switzerland and abroad (EU VAT)

We offer skilled and practical support for:

the implementation of business transactions in accounting
the provision for and implementation of special VAT situations in your accounting
the documentation of business transactions to reduce the risks of adjustments by the tax authorities
the early recognition of the need to act and the implementation of control mechanisms
for the amended or additional declarations for transactions in the past
fiscal representation (VAT representation) in Switzerland

What sets us apart

Clear and comprehensible advice

We will provide qualifications, show you opportunities and risks and implement our advice to you (accounting, agreements and declarations) in a concrete, clear and practical manner.

Confidence

We win our client’s confidence with our precise and comprehensive planning, our transparency and our accessibility.

Personal touch

With just a few contact persons, you will benefit from the full range of our experts specialising in various tax and legal areas.

Personal and without obligation – get in touch

Andreas Blättler

Partner

Head VAT & Customs

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T +41 58 450 59 17

Ute Fischer

Senior Manager

VAT & Customs

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T +41 58 450 59 48

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