Only companies that registered in Hong Kong can apply for tax refund in Switzerland

VAT mark in Switzerland is MWST or IVA

Standard tax rate in Switzerland is 8%, 

with another two kinds of tax rates:

• 3.8%, applicable to hotel accommodation services

• 2.5%, mainly applicable to food(non-hotel), medical supplies and books

Tax Refund Scope:

• Travel expenses (hotel accommodation, catering, transportation, communications)

• Construction costs of exhibition stand

• Real estate services expenses (leasing, construction, tearing down and repairing of house, intermediary services, employment of auctioneers, architects, lawyers, surveyors, engineers, audit services, property assessments, surveys)

• Development and exploration costs (oil, natural gas, minerals)

• Conditions surveys and research expenses of land and sea-bed (earthquakes, geology, geomagnetism)

• Related expenses of overseas offices, representative offices and liaison offices (house rental, utilities, office furniture, decoration, etc.)

• DROP-SHIPPING (purchasing, transportation and manual operation expenses that produced by purchasing goods from one EU country and delivering to another)

• Import tax

• Subcontract

Non-Tax Refund Scope:

• Travel agency invoice

Minimum Tax Refund Amount:

• Annual: 500 Swiss francs (CHF)

Valid Period of Tax Refund:

• Invoice of the current year (subjecting to the date of invoice) needs to submit tax refund application before June 30th the next year; For example: if the date of invoice is December 30th, 2010, this invoice must be submitted to the Swiss tax bureau before June 30th, 2011 for tax refund application. 

Documents Required for Tax Refund:

• Certificate of Authorization (handled by our company and your company just needs to sign and seal)

• Tax Registration Certificate (handled by our company, signed and sealed by your company )

• Copy of Tax Registration Certificate (with official seal)

• The original invoice (electronic version of the invoice is also acceptable)

Processing Period:

• The processing period published by Swiss tax bureau is 6 months. Usually Chinese companies can receive the tax refund payment within 6 months after submitting tax refund application.