Value Added Tax consulting
With us, the name VAT says it all: we create more value for you when it comes to your taxes – from plausibility checks and optimisations to special cases such as mergers & acquisitions.
Value Added Tax consulting
We can advise you on all aspects of value added taxes (VAT) wherever you conduct your business.
Our business is to support you in these areas so that you can focus on your own business.
Our business is to support you in these areas so that you can focus on your own business.
No matter how big your company is and whether you are a manager or an employee, a trustee or an auditor: we can advise you on all aspects of value added taxes (VAT) wherever you conduct your business. This way you can take advantage of your business opportunities without entering into any unnecessary risks.
In order to take every aspect of your concern into account, we involve other specialists if necessary. You can benefit from our network of certified tax experts in the area of direct resp. corporate income taxes and you can rely on our well-established contacts in the areas of fiduciary services, social security, corporate development and auditing. If necessary, we also consult lawyers and notaries as well as international experts.
This makes us your single point of contact for all tax matters.
Our services cover a broad range:
- Advice on all VAT matters in Switzerland, Europe and worldwide for small, medium and large-sized companies
- Advice for advisors, trustees, auditors, in-house tax managers, second opinions etc.
- Advice outside Switzerland in cooperation with competent local advisors where necessary, advice for example on VAT registration in Germany with the Konstanz tax office, consulting for ‘Intrastat’ and ‘EC Sales Listings’
- Advice in the area of electronically provided services in Switzerland and the EU/Europe; for example, ‘MOSS’ (until June 2021) and/or ‘OSS’ declarations (as of July 2021)
- Clarification of the client’s VAT registration liability and, where such applies, of the beginning or the end of the VAT registration liability
- Advice on the choice of the optimal declaration method, taking into account financial aspects, administrative expenses etc.
- Consulting in the area of mergers & acquisitions (M&A), ‘VAT notification procedure’
- Consulting for VAT grouping, forming of a VAT group, cancellation, special requirements for the VAT declaration process
- Assessment of VAT qualifications of current or planned business processes, transactions, contracts etc.
- Optimisation, analysis and coordination of workflows/processes or structures
- Plausibility check, review or preparation of turnover reconciliations and input tax reconciliations (which are legally required)
- Consulting on the finalisation or audit of the annual financial statements
- Advice on the accounting treatment of VAT, setting up VAT codes etc.
- Assessment of VAT risks, support for retroactive corrections
- Advice in the area of real estate/immovable properties (decision on opting/voluntary taxation, choice of input tax reduction method, choice of the optimal VAT strategy to sell a property etc.)
- VAT audits by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (SFTA): preparation, monitoring, conclusion and verification of results
- Rulings, enquiries etc. with the SFTA, negotiations with the competent authorities
- Decision on whether to take legal steps against decisions of SFTA
- Advising non-Swiss companies on Swiss VAT issues, taking into account different qualifications and terminology in Switzerland, the German-speaking and English-speaking EU countries
- Consultations on optimisation opportunities (for example ‘Verlagerungsverfahren’ (opportunity to defer import VAT payments), optimisation in the area of cash management etc.)
- Support in connection with the VAT refund procedure (reclaiming VAT that has not accrued in the jurisdiction of VAT registration); taking responsibility for formal and material work in this regard for Switzerland; international cooperation with companies specialised in this area
- Consulting in the area of environmental taxes, ‘CO2 duty’, ‘LSVA’ (performance-based heavy vehicle fee) etc.
- Advice in the area of ‘RTVG duty’ (radio and television duty)
