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One contact for doing business in Switzerland.

Moving here, opening a location or already running one: permits, licences, premises, taxes and authorities are handled here, in four languages and in every region of the country.

Describe your caseor check your case in three taps
Four working languagesActive across all of SwitzerlandResponse within one working day

The work is done in German, English, Italian and French, including Swiss German. It covers Romandie and Ticino as well.

Who this is for

An empty restaurant, ready to open

Entrepreneurs opening or taking over a business

  • Permits, premises and operating licences
  • Commercial lease review and negotiation
  • Someone on the ground while you are still abroad
From permit to opening day: the full journey
Two suitcases on a tram platform after arrival

Individuals and families relocating

  • Permit strategy and the complete application dossier
  • All correspondence with the local cantonal and municipal migration authorities
  • Registration with the commune and for mandatory social security (AHV) after arrival, at a fixed fee per person
Hands at work in a small workshop

Swiss SMEs

  • Tax returns and contact with the tax authorities
  • Margin, cost and scenario analyses
  • Accounting advisory before year-end
  • Support when opening a new location

Your plan, broken down.

Every plan to do business in Switzerland comes down to five dimensions. Each one is worked through in the order the case requires. Where a dimension needs a specialist, one is brought in while you keep one contact.

Your plan

People

Who may live and work here and on which permit?

Residence and work permits

Place

Where can the business operate and what needs approval first?

Business set-up

Paper

What are you signing and on what terms?

Contract review and negotiation

Taxes

What does the state expect and by when?

Tax compliance and advisory

Numbers

Does the plan pay off?

Business analysis

A plan you can act on

All services

How it works

1. First conversation

You describe your case. The case is then assessed on what is required and which authorities are involved.

2. Clear scope

Before any work starts, you know what is included and how it is billed. Anything beyond that scope is discussed and agreed in writing first.

3. Getting it done

Authorities, landlords and paperwork are dealt with for you.

Why one contact

How much does it help you to fill out forms in a language you cannot verify, to call authorities during the same working hours you need for your own business and to figure out which document to sign and why?

It helps very little, yet it is required. This is where this practice comes in.

You say what you want. The authorities say what they need. The middle ground gets negotiated and you hear about it in plain words.

Official sources, sorted by your plan.

The resources page collects official information on permits, company set-up, taxes and accounting. Each link leads to the publisher's own page.

All resources

Free movement for EU and EFTA citizens

People, State Secretariat for Migration SEM

Tax at source

Taxes, the Swiss authorities online

Extract from the debt enforcement register

Paper, the Swiss authorities online

Get in touch.

You can write in English, German, French or Italian. You receive a response within one working day. The first conversation is free.

Or write directly to Email address of GR Di Perna Consulting

Write directly to

Email address of GR Di Perna Consulting

Mention what you want to do, where and your citizenship.

Thank you.

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