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Hoping someone can shed light on this for me as my Googling skills seem weak.
If I have a ltd uk company and one of my clients (25-50%) of my income comes from Switzerland do I need to sign up to anything in Switzerland or is that all down to them for taxes their side and I just carry on paying what I pay in the UK?
Are you VAT registered?
What does your contract say about who pays local taxes?
I have a Swiss client. We just invoice them without VAT. If you're shipping them "stuff" ask them first if they want it handled in a particular way. They need to pay VAT + import tax on items they receive but the courriers take care of that.
Not VAT registered, no contract as yet just trying to get a few bits together so I go in with the right information. Its just remote hourly services (web dev).
Thanks
From a VAT point of view: Are you selling "general rule" services? See section 6.4 here for services that are not "general rule" https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-place-of-supply-of-services-notice-741a#sec6
If so, then for business to business transactions the place of supply is where the customer is situated. The customer will have to account for Swiss TVA on their purchases. From your point of view the sale is "outside the scope" of UK VAT.
From a tax on profit point of view - yes you just carry on paying UK corporation tax on your profits.
Not sure about Switzerland in particular but you are likely to need a VAT residency certificate to send to your client. Apply for one through HMRC. Don't charge them VAT. make sure you record all sales in your accounting software as 0% EC(or equivalent) services so it isn't included in your VAT return. You'll also have to fill in a quarterly declaration of overseas sales for the HMRC.