VAT is a book with seven seals
We have extensive experience and can provide support in every aspect of Swiss VAT.
VAT advice
- Answers to individual questions about every aspect of VAT liabilities
- Clarification of the beginning and end of VAT liabilities
- Calculation for the choice of declaration method
- Registration, de-registration, establishment of VAT groups, preparation of VAT declarations, year-end jobs, correction of errors in the VAT return
- Evaluation of VAT situation
- VAT risk review and management
- Advice with respect to cross-border VAT issues
- Support in the registration and fiscal representation of foreign enterprises
- Preparation of expert opinions on the VAT handling of current and future supplies
- VAT assessment of contracts
- Preparation of turnover reconciliations and input tax plausibility checks
- Calculations concerning VAT
- Project-related or occasional one-time or recurring on-site support in the context of external staffing activities
- Support in the correction of errors in the VAT return
- Technical assistance for VAT projects such as real-estate options, reductions of input tax, turnover reconciliations, etc.
- Support for VAT handling by accounting departments
- Preparation of VAT manuals and VAT work instructions
- Preparation and support for VAT audits by the Federal Tax Administration (FTA)
- Requests and clarifications involving the FTA's Main Division of VAT
- Review of the outcome of VAT audits by the Federal Tax Administration
- Appeals to the FTA
- Support for VAT appeal procedures (in collaboration with external lawyers)
- Advising of foreign enterprises regarding Swiss VAT incl. fiscal representation
- Refund of Swiss VAT to foreign enterprises under the VAT refund procedure incl. formal examination of the purchase invoices