What’s Next after your Company is Swiss VAT Registered?

1.     FIND YOUR VAT NUMBER

Once a company is VAT registered in Switzerland, the 9-digit enterprise identification number or UID (in German Unternehmensidentifikationsnummer) will also be the VAT number. You can find this number on the company’s commercial registry extract (contact us for more info)

2.     MENTION YOUR VAT NUMBER ON INVOICES

Now your company is required to charge VAT to your Swiss clients. The standard rate is 7.7% for common goods and services. The VAT number needs to be mentioned on the invoices to Swiss customers. The official format for the Swiss VAT number is the UID and “VAT” or, in German, “MwSt” at the end. ( EXAMPLE: CHE-123.456.789 VAT, CHE-123.456.789 MWST )

3.     VAT DECLARATION

Once you collected the VAT from the clients, you have to declare it in a Swiss VAT return, which usually needs to be submitted quarterly. Afterward, you will receive and have to pay the VAT invoice to the tax authorities.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

We are specialists in accounting and administration for Swiss companies. We complete our client’s on VAT registration, completion and submission of the return to the tax authorities. If you are interested in our services, please get in touch!