It was a good evening at this ice hockey match between ZCS and EHC Biel in the Hallenstadion in Zürich.
Firstly I haven’t experienced so much flirting in years. Once or twice I was even addressed as Fräulein. And that has not happened to me for ages. Read More »
The Swiss VAT law changed. From 1 January 2018 onwards, any person or business with global turnover of CHF 100’000 or more may be liable to VAT starting from the first franc of turnover in Switzerland. This means that if you want to continue doing business in Switzerland, you need to register with the tax authority.
Please find HERE the most important changes.Read More »
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Being in control of your VAT data is becoming more crucial than ever. Read More »
EU commission presented today new proposal how the income from digital activity should be taxed fairly.
“The tax will apply to revenues created from activities where users play a major role in value creation and which are the hardest to capture with current tax rules, such as those revenues:Read More »
Arbeitsort: Zürich
Beschäftigungsgrad: Vollzeit
Gemeinsam machen wir den Unterschied
Siemens ist ein weltweit tätiger Technologiekonzern mit etwa 350‘000 Mitarbeitenden in etwa 200 Ländern. Read More »
As anticipated, President Trump has signed proclamations imposing tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum that are set to take effect from 23 March 2018. The tariffs apply across the board, although there is an indefinite exemption for Canada and Mexico due to their ‘shared commitment’ to each other’s national security, efforts to address ‘excess’ steel capacity, and the economic integration between the three countries. Read More »
Based on representations and to ensure uniformity in the implementation of the refund provisions relating to export of goods and services, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (Board) has issued Circular No. 37/11/2018 – GST dated March 15, 2018 to clarify various aspects relating to processing and sanction of refund claims. Read More »
Implementation of the Measures on VAT/GST covered by the 2015 BEPS Action 1 Report – what to know about VAT and digitalisation:
Please click HERE to see the full Report.Read More »
For many years I have had a newspaper subscription. When the digital version of the newspaper was introduced, I very quickly switched to the electronic version. It is easier, more practical, always to hand and one can search the archives. It is also friendlier to the environment, because not a single tree has to be felled because of my reading mania.
But I read the electronic issue differently from the printed paper. In the electronic version my approach is very focused and I really only look at what interests me particularly. I don’t even click on other topics and advertising annoys me terribly. Every advertisement is clicked away immediately, usually before it is even clear what they are advertising. The advertisements, which force me to watch them for a few seconds before I can remove them, make me so mad (after all someone is trying to force his will on me) that the supplier has no chance at all with me.
The printed issue is different. I leaf through the whole newspaper, frequently become interested in a subject, which I had skipped in the electronic version and read both the death notices (in the electronic version never) and even some of the advertisements. And that is good, because only in this way do I discover some exciting events, which I then attend and am grateful that I had discovered them at all. In the last issue there was the Swiss championships in Poetry Slam and also a lecture about Japan.
What is the future of printed newspapers? I fear that in 20 years they won‘t exist any more. Then I’ll presumably have to change the way I read the newspaper. But there are worse things.
To close, the professional information: the electronic version of the newspaper, which in the past carried a higher VAT rate than the printed newspaper, is now treated equally. Following the partial revision of the Swiss VAT Law at 1.1.2018 both are charged with the reduced VAT rate. I’m very pleased about that. It doesn’t matter that you hadn’t even noticed. But you can still be pleased.
PwC Switzerland ITX
Michaela Merz 