Swiss company during liquidation

Even though a company is registered as being ‘in liquidation’, it isn’t actually dissolved. The company must still fulfil some requirements to comply with liquidation status maintain good standing status in order for the authorities to finally delete the company. (read our previous article to see how to liquidate a Swiss company) 

Whilst ‘in liquidation’, the company must maintain: a registered address in Switzerland and a Swiss resident director/board member as well as to hand in tax returns. Unlike active companies, for companies in liquidation, the tax office will check through tax filings and calculate a final tax for payment. Once the company has settled all open taxes and received final confirmation from the tax office, the company can be dissolved. F Trust, as the liquidator of the company, will contact the liquidation authorities and ask to delete the company as well as answer additional questions. The liquidation process usually lasts from 6 months to a year, depending on how fast all outstandings of the company, especially tax bills, are settled and any additional documents signed.

If your company rents physical premises to run the business and has it as a registered address, you might want to consider a domicile and post-forwarding service from F Trust for the duration of the liquidation, as a cost saving..  

About F Trust

We are family office located in Zurich and Zug, Switzerland. We are specialists in company formation, administration, accounting and payroll services. If you would like F Trust’s assistance in filing liquidation and administration during the liquidation, please get in touch at admin@ftrust.ch