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Taxes / Duties

Comprehensive tax advisory services for corporates and individuals: efficient, tailored and forward-looking.

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Taxes and duties are a crucial part of both entrepreneurial and personal decisions, requiringanticipatory and sound planning. Our expertise helps you manage tax challenges and maximize opportunities — always with customized, forward-looking solutions tailored to your specific needs.

Our tax team consists of seasoned professionals with extensive project experience. We cover all aspects of domestic and international tax law, providing you with clarity and certainty. Through creativity and foresight, we identify efficient solutions to create added value for our clients.

Reliable, competent and dynamic — we are driven by your success!

Our Services

  • Corporates

    Successful businesses require tax structures that provide both efficiency and flexibility. We support you in all aspects of corporate taxation, both on a domestic and international level.

    Our services include:

    • Tax advice regarding relocations, structuring of M&A transactions, intra-group reorganizations and private equity investments
    • Optimization of transfer pricing models that are both tax-resilient and economically viable
    • Tax planning along the value chain to achieve optimal results within legal frameworks and to benefit from tax credits, government subsidies, and tax reliefs
    • Structuring real estate transactions to ensure tax efficiency and compliance
    • Tax analysis of blockchain-based transactions and digital assets  (ICOs, tokens, DLT foundations, protocols, DeFi, DAOs, etc.)
    • Assistance with tax declarations, audits and proceedings to minimize risks and safeguard your interests
    • Services from our Liechtenstein Desk to expand tax planning opportunities with an additional jurisdiction
    • Advice on OECD, BEPS / GloBE and QDMTT (Pillar 2) compliance to stay ahead of international developments

    Our Corporate Tax Team:

    Samuel Bussmann, Andreas Müller, Thomas Linder, Peter Brülisauer, Mira Bazlen, Hagen Luckhaupt, Walter Sommer, Eric Sutter, Christina Stocker, Rosanna Fravi, Mario Rada, Jan Blattmann, Colette Käslin, Mauro Schwizer 

  • Individuals

    We advise domestic and international private individuals, families and entrepreneurs on international and national tax planning, structuring of wealth and family businesses, relocation, real estate acquisition, asset protection, estate planning and charitable projects.

    Our services include:

    • Advising high-net-worth individuals and investors (lump-sum taxation, wealth planning, family offices, crypto investments and relocations)
    • Structuring asset transfers without consideration (estate planning, gift and inheritance taxes, foundations and trusts)
    • Supporting employers and employees (employee participation and bonus plans, international assignments, withholding taxes, social security, expense regulations and remote work arrangements)
    • Advising entrepreneurs and families (succession planning, buying and selling businesses, retirement and annual tax planning)
    • Structuring real estate investments (property and transfer taxes, private vs. business investments, maintenance vs. value-enhancing investments)
    • Handling tax proceedings and filing tax returns (self-disclosure, tax and penalty proceedings, objections, appeals and rulings)

    Our Individual Tax Team:

    Christoph Rechsteiner, Walter Frei, Marcel Jung, Moritz Kellenberger, Selina Müller-Wang

  • Value-Added Tax (VAT)

    VAT presents both opportunities and risks. Mistakes can be costly, while a thoughtful tax strategy can create added value.

    Our VAT services include:

    • Advising on VAT implications in trade, real estate, blockchain/crypto (ICOs, tokens, DLT foundations, protocols, DeFi, DAOs, etc.) and financial services to mitigate risks and improve efficiency
    • VAT registrations and declarations to meet your obligations.
    • Consulting on customs, export control, sanctions and embargoes to tackle the challenges of international trade and global supply chains
    • Representation in tax audits and proceedings to safeguard your interests

    Our VAT Team:

    Thomas Linder, Mira Bazlen, Fredrik Dekker

  • Transfer Pricing (TP)

    In a globalized world, intra-group transfer pricing is a central issue for internationally operating corporate groups. Accurate determination and documentation minimize tax risks and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

    Our transfer pricing services include:

    • Development and implementation of business and transfer pricing models that are both tax-efficient and economically viable
    • Preparation of transfer pricing documentation that meets the requirements of the OECD as well as national and international standards (Master File, Local Files, Country-by-Country Reporting)
    • Database analyses in line with international standards
    • Development of internal transfer pricing policies
    • Creation of tax-compliant IP concepts, taking into account DEMPE functions
    • Drafting of intercompany agreements that reflect commercial law and tax requirements
    • Advance Tax Rulings, Advance Pricing Agreements (APA) and  Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP)
    • Support during tax audits and proceedings, as well as primary and secondary adjustments

    Our TP Team:

    Hagen Luckhaupt, Samuel Bussmann, Andreas Müller, Mauro Schwizer

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