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TRAINING IN SWISS TAXATION

🇨🇭Make informed decisions with full control over your tax affairs.

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Choose your course format and timetable to suit your schedule. Tailor your course to fit in with your availability.

3 or 7 months

The duration of the course varies depending on the programme chosen. You should allow for 3 to 4 hours per week.

Expert trainers

Our trainers are tax specialists or practising lawyers who are at the forefront of their field in Swiss taxation.

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Our Swiss taxation training programme leads to a diploma and is internationally recognised. We are eduQua certified.

Typical content of the Swiss tax course

Each module is designed to effectively build your skills, enabling you to quickly master the most effective tax techniques and strategies.

The Swiss tax system and personal taxation

This module lays the essential foundations for understanding the Swiss tax system. It explains the relationship between the Confederation, the cantons and the municipalities, and provides a practical understanding of the taxation of individuals: income, wealth, employment and self-employment, deductions and assets.

Taxation of businesses, companies and directors

This module covers the taxation of Swiss companies, from their formation through to their growth, including profit distribution and restructuring operations. Participants learn to distinguish between accounting profit and taxable profit, to identify the main tax adjustments, and to understand the interactions between the company and its directors.

Swiss VAT and indirect taxation

This module provides a practical understanding of Swiss VAT. From VAT liability through to the preparation of VAT returns, participants learn how to correctly classify transactions, determine their VAT treatment and ensure the reliability of internal processes. International transactions, acquisition tax and foreign companies operating in Switzerland are also covered.

Salaries, tax deducted at source and career mobility

This module covers the tax issues relating to employment, remuneration and staff mobility. It addresses the situations faced by Swiss employers: withholding tax, benefits in kind, business expenses, foreign employees, cross-border workers and individuals working across multiple jurisdictions.

Intercantonal and international taxation

This module deals with situations in which several cantons or several states claim a right to tax. It covers inter-cantonal allocation, permanent establishments, double taxation agreements and international flows of dividends, interest and other income.

Tax procedures, audits, compliance and risk management

This module transforms tax knowledge into practical skills. Participants learn how to finalise a tax return, prepare for a tax audit and liaise with the tax authorities. The module also covers tax assessments, penalties, advance rulings and tax risk mitigation.
An economist and expert in Swiss and international taxation, Ralf Pawolleck has over 25 years’ experience advising businesses, executives and international groups. A former partner at Ernst & Young in Switzerland and now Director of Valoris Advisory, he is an expert in tax, legal and international mobility matters.
Ralf Pawolleck
Ralf Pawolleck🇨🇭 Associate Director and tax specialist
Carmen Kiavila, a lawyer admitted to the Bar in Bern, SWITZERLAND, and Paris, specialises in tax and business law, particularly in matters relating to Franco-Swiss relations. A graduate of HEC Paris in Financial Economics, she combines legal and financial expertise with a pragmatic approach to the tax challenges faced by companies and their directors.
Carmen Kiavila
Carmen Kiavila🇨🇭 Lawyer and trainer

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The training is tailored to your level and objectives, and the price depends on a number of factors (format, content, complexity, etc.). Please contact us for a free quote.

Payment can be made in several monthly instalments free of charge.

We are an eduQua-certified training centre, the highest distinction that a Swiss training organisation can achieve. (https://alice.ch/fr/qualite/eduqua/) – This guarantees the quality of your training, as well as the high recognition of your Swiss tax specialist qualification.

The extensive network of businesses and individuals that we form also contributes to the recognition of your degree.

This training course is intended for anyone who is required to understand, apply or advise on Swiss taxation, whether in the context of an SME, a trust company or a cross-border activity.

It is particularly recommended for:

  • Accountants and financial managers wishing to strengthen their tax skills.

  • SME directors and managers keen to better manage their company's financial and tax decisions.

  • HR and payroll managers involved in staff taxation, particularly for cross-border workers.

  • Trustees, advisers and tax specialists who wish to update their knowledge in light of changes in Swiss legislation.

  • Legal and compliance professionals required to cooperate with the tax authorities.

Contact us and get a complimentary trial session with your trainer.

This is the best way to realise the full value that this training will bring you.

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