Incorporate Your Company
Unlock your business potential by choosing the optimal company type - let our professional team handle the rest for you and realize your dreams
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Free Consultation
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Collecting Documents
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Open Share Capital account
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Legalise all Dcouments
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File Application to Register
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Company Incorporation
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Send Original Certificates
AG / SA - A joint-stock company
This is a common form of corporation that you can set up with a minimum start-up capital of 100,000 CHF.
The other requirement is to have shareholders, a board of directors, and at least one auditor, which is exempted under certain conditions.
Once you arrange to fulfill these requirements, you'll have to go through the incorporation process where we can be of vital assistance.
What are the advantages of a Swiss limited liability company?
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Limited liability with respect to company asset
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Can be established with just one founder
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Financial statements are published only when the company is
listed on the stock exchange
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Low corporate tax rates
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More suitable for entrepreneurs or small businesses
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Good as a company tax planning vehicle or holding company
Limited Liability company (GmbH / Sarl)
GmbH is a private limited liability company with one or more shareholders and a minimum share capital of 20,000 CHF.
Creating a GmbH is simple, and the legal form is popular among solo entrepreneurs and multiple founders alike.
Advantages of a Swiss limited liability company?
Documents required for
incorporation.
Power of Attorney
For representation of Shareholders at the notary
Shareholder Document
Passport copies of company shareholders and directors & proof of address.
Company Details
Information on the desired name and purpose or activities of the company
Share Capital Certificate
Bank certificate issued on transfer of share capital to company capital account
Our Simple Process
Focus on your business while we handle your paperwork ! No travel, all online.
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Select the Starter package
Pay & Onboarding
Pay invoice
We Collect all Docs
We collect all documents needed
Process & Submit
Doc preparation and notarisation
Registered
Company published at Commercial Registery.
Comparison
For your convenience, we have made it so that
you can compare different options for
companies in the table below.
| Features | AG | GmbH | Foundation | Branch Office |
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| Minimum Capital | CHF 100,000 | CHF 20,000 | CHF 50,000 | No minimum capital requirement |
| Number of members/shareholders | A Swiss resident director | At least one director who is a Swiss resident | At least one member of a foundation board should be a Swiss resident | At least one Swiss resident on the management board |
| Anonymity | Directors’ names appear in the Registry | Directors’ names appear in the Registry | Anonymous entity | Directors’ names appear in the Registry |
| Taxation | Corporate tax on taxable profits generated in the country | Corporate tax on taxable profits generated in the country | Full exemption from income tax liability | Corporate tax on taxable profits generated in the country |
| VAT Tax | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.7% | VAT applies to a minimum annual turnover of at least. No VAT below this, but foundation can opt in. |
| Liability | Liability limited to share capital | Liability limited to shareholder’s capital contribution | Liable for debts and contractual obligations | Parent company liable for the debts and activities of the branch |
| Bookkeeping | Must maintain accounts and submit annual accounts | Must maintain accounts and submit annual accounts | Board of Trustees must submit a report of their activities and a financial annual report approved by auditors. | Must maintain accounts and submit annual accounts |
| Timeframe for incorporation | 3 weeks | 3 weeks | 4 weeks | 4 weeks |
Frequently Ask Question (FAQs)
An AG or SA can be defined as a company with its own capital which is divided into shares and whose liabilities are payable only from the company assets. Commonly known in English as company limited by shares i.e Ltd.
Often chosen by foreign companies as the legal form for their Swiss subsidiaries.
A GmbH or Sarl is commonly known as a LLC in English.
The corporate bodies of the AG are: general meeting as the supreme governing body, the board of directors as the executive body and the auditors, if any, as the accounts-controlling body.
For a Gmbh, the bodies are General partnersʼ
meeting and Executive board
At least one founder is required. Founders can be Swiss
citizens or foreigners being either individuals or legal
entities.
For an AG, the shareholders names are not published and can remain private. However shareholders can become a board member but don't need to. At least one of the board member need to be a swiss resident.
For a GmbH, the names of the founders or shareholders are published by the registry.
Shareholders names are typically informed to banks during account opening.
An AG must keep company accounts. There needs to
be double entry bookkeeping with a balance sheet, an
operating or profit and loss account and an inventory.
An ordinary audit is required for a public company (particularly when listed on the Stock Exchange) and for a company that exceeds two of the following thresholds in two successive financial years: total assets of CHF 20 million, sales of CHF 40 million, and an average of 250 full-time employees over the year.
Audit can be waived for companies not exceeding the above thresholds and typically with less than 10-full time employess.
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