Switzerland VAT and the ch_vat worksheet

# Switzerland VAT and the ch_vat worksheet

Verify with your tax office. Last reviewed 2026-11-06. The Federal Tax Administration publishes the VAT rates and the return. Check the form it asks you to use and every rate with your adviser.

Rates and codes

Install the Switzerland pack to get:

• CH-STD standard rate 8.1%.
• CH-RED reduced rate 2.6%.
• CH-ACC accommodation rate 3.8%.
• CH-ZERO zero-rated supply, CH-EXPORT zero-rated export.
• CH-EXEMPT exempt supply and CH-OOS outside the scope of Swiss VAT.
• CH-RC reverse charge on services bought from abroad at 8.1%.

The reduced and accommodation rates apply only to the supplies the law lists.

The worksheet

Open the Switzerland tab, choose the period and show the ch_vat worksheet. It gives total turnover, taxable turnover and VAT at each of the three rates, input tax and the amount payable or claimable. Copy the figures into the return on the Federal Tax Administration's own portal.

What to upload where

Switzerland has no file in this pack. The worksheet is for your own entry on the tax office's portal or for your adviser.

What the pack doesn't cover

The pack does not file the return, does not send anything to the tax office, and does not work out the flat-rate or other special methods. Amounts that depend on a method you have agreed with the tax office are for you to enter.