Setting up a business in Switzerland

Switzerland is a prime investment location in Europe with an excellent business environment, combined with an attractive corporate tax ruling.
This country is one of the few low-tax jurisdictions, serving as an ideal global headquarters' location.

The term 'offshore' is not used in Swiss legislation, however, there are a number of specialized business forms, which offer tax-privileged operation, equivalent to that usually obtainable in offshore jurisdictions:
- holding company,
- domiciliary company,
- mixed company,
- service company and some others

In order to create a legal entity in Switzerland, only one founder/shareholder is required, who can be individual or company, of Swiss nationality or not, and residing in Switzerland or not. In other words, for the founders/shareholders, nationality and residence is not an issue.
As far as the management or board of directors is concerned, the rule is that at least one managing director or member of the board of directors must reside in Switzerland, regardless of his/her nationality.

The main advantages of joint stock company are investor anonymity and simple transfer of shares.
While the main advantages of limited liability company is low minimum capital and respectively low incorporation fee.

We provide personalized assistance in incorporation of your company in Switzerland, negotiation of tax arrangements with Swiss tax authority and serving as your contact agent for the local government structures.

Please visit www.mb-group.ch for more detail.