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Successfully operating a business comes with the responsibility to run a compliant finance set-up, including VAT. Is your organization compliant with Swiss VAT laws and regulations? How do you ensure that the responsible team members acquire and keep up to date the knowledge required to carry out their role effectively? VAT regulations are complex and it can be challenging to gain the right level of VAT insight through day-to-day work experience alone.

Our eLearnings provide you with practical knowledge on Swiss VAT. Our courses come in modules which can be bought either separately or in a package, depending on the learning which you have interest in receiving. Each of our eLearnings is dedicated to a specific Swiss VAT topic. The content of our courses was carefully created by a team of VAT experts supplemented by e-learning consultants to provide you with high quality interactive trainings (including audio and videos) to keep learners engaged, while upscaling their professional competence. All our courses contain examples and practical scenarios to make the learning experience enjoyable and useful for practitioners.

Target audience

Our eLearnings are designed for professionals wanting to expand or refresh their knowledge of Swiss VAT laws and regulations. The trainings aim to support the practitioners who take care of VAT within the finance process (or other parts of the business) and who wish to gain Swiss VAT expertise. There is no need to be a subject matter expert to follow our courses. The content is practical and relevant to all businesses.

Our eLearnings are also an ideal tool for someone who just took over part of the VAT process and wants to become quickly acquainted with the fundamentals of Swiss VAT. It is our aim to equip you and your team with the right amount of knowledge to be able to deal with VAT matters.

Our courses

All courses end with a final assessment and a certificate is provided as proof of participation.

The content is not industry specific and provides an insightful comprehension of the applicable Swiss VAT principles as foreseen in the Law, for both established and non-established businesses.

After completion of the course, the learner will be better equipped to determine whether the company has the obligation to register for Swiss VAT and if so, from when. The course also explains when it is possible to register for Swiss VAT on a voluntary basis.

The course describes specific scenarios for cross border sales, including considerations around subordination license for import of goods, low value goods and consignment stock. The course ends with practical tips for companies who must or wish to register for Swiss VAT and a final assessment, which is offered as a knowledge check after completing the full eLearning.

Here is the detailed overview of the chapters in the course:

  • Taxable person
  • Mandatory VAT registration
  • Beginning of mandatory VAT registration
  • Voluntary VAT registration
  • Specific cases for cross border sales, including subordination license for the import of goods, consignment stock, low value goods sold by mail order companies and electronic and telecommunication services and supplies of electricity/gas/heat
  • End of VAT registration
  • Practical tips
  • Final assessment

The course covers the basic rules around VAT treatment of transactions in Switzerland and practical tips for companies who operate a business or supply goods or services in Switzerland. The content is not industry specific and provides an insightful comprehension of the applicable Swiss VAT principles as foreseen in the Law, for both established and non-established businesses.

After completion of the course, the learner will be better equipped to determine the correct VAT treatment of transactions and the related VAT liability based on the type of supply and the place of supply. The course also explains in which scenarios a company can benefit from a VAT exemption.

The course ends with information on the applicable VAT rates and a final assessment, which is offered as a knowledge check after completing the full eLearning.

Here is the detailed overview of the chapters in the course:

  • Legislative framework in Switzerland
  • Taxable person
  • Type of supply
  • Place of supply
  • VAT exempt supplies
  • VAT liability
  • Final assessment

The course has been designed to support businesses in being compliant with Swiss VAT reporting obligations and meet formal requirements as defined in the Swiss VAT Law. The content is not industry specific and provides insights into the conditions and formalities to be met by Swiss VAT registered businesses.

After completion of the course, the learner will be better equipped to understand the VAT reporting obligations in Switzerland and the boxes of the Swiss VAT return and how to perform annual reconciliations and correct any VAT reporting errors.

The course also covers various invoicing scenarios (invoices in foreign currency, self-billing, PDF invoices) and other formal obligations, and ends with a final assessment test, after completing the full eLearning.

Here is the detailed overview of the chapters in the course:

  • Swiss VAT compliance and reporting obligations
  • Completion of Swiss VAT returns
  • Annual reconciliations and correction of errors
  • Compliant documents for Swiss input VAT deduction
  • Special invoicing scenarios
  • Other obligations of taxable persons
  • Final assessment

Pricing


1 course access = CHF 950 (excl. VAT)

An account (and subsequent certification) is always linked to an individual user access1.

The duration of the course depends on the pre course knowledge of the learner. On average, it is designed for a duration of approximately 1 hour to complete the course and its final assessment. Users will be able to complete the course at their own pace and in multiple sessions, meaning that they can pause and resume the course whenever it suits them.

The course will be deemed completed upon successful completion of the final assessment. A certificate can be obtained after successful completion of the final knowledge test. The course content is accessible for 3 months.

Footnotes


1Our courses are aimed at businesses. Deloitte AG sells only B2B except for private individuals established in Switzerland.

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