The Advantages of Switzerland as a Corporate Location

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Switzerland is an attractive jurisdiction to start and operate a business, as a location for individuals and for family protection and safety.

Advantages include:
Located in the centre of Europe.
Economic and political stability.
High regard for personal privacy and confidentiality.
Most ‘innovative’ and “competitive” country in the world with various strong industries.
A well respected jurisdiction with an excellent reputation.
A high quality and multilingual local workforce.
Low rates of corporate tax for Swiss companies.
Premier destination for international investment and asset protection.
Major commodity trading centre in the world.
Hub for HNWIs, international families and a wide variety of professionals including: hong kong mobile database lawyers, family offices, bankers, accountants, insurance companies.
Swiss Company Taxation
Swiss companies have a zero-tax regime for capital gains and dividend income.

Trading companies have always attracted a local canton (region) tax rate.

Federal tax on net profit is at an effective rate of 7.83%.
There are no capital taxes at the federal level. Capital tax varies between 0% and 0.2% depending on the Swiss canton that the company is registered in. In Geneva, the capital, the tax rate is 0.0012%. However, in circumstances where there are ‘substantial’ profits, no capital tax will be due.
In addition to federal taxes, cantons operate their own tax systems. The effective cantonal and federal corporate income tax rates (CIT) are between 12% and 14%.
Swiss Holding Companies benefit from a participation exemption and do not pay income tax on profits or capital gains arising from qualifying participations. This means that a pure Holding Company is exempt from Swiss tax.