Adjure undertakes the formation/set up and administration of companies registered in Switzerland. The services include the provision of the mandatory Resident director/manager as well as dealing with all the local regulatory and legal obligations.
Switzerland is an ideal place to carry out international business:
Switzerland offers a number of different corporate structures, a comparison of some of these can be found below
| Compare different Switzerland entities | LLC | Holding Company | Charitable foundation |
| Also known as | GmbH/SARL | Stiftung | |
| Best use of company? | All products and services | Holding Company | Non-profit business |
| How soon can you invoice Clients\sign sales contracts? | 1-2 months | 1-2 months | 2 months |
| How soon can you hire staff? | 1-2 months | 2 months | 2 months |
| How soon can you sign a lease agreement? | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month |
| How long to supply corporate bank account numbers? | 1-2 months | 1-2 months | 2 months |
| How long to supply company registration/tax numbers? | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month |
| Statutory corporate tax rate on federal level? | 8.5% | 8.5% | 0% |
| Statutory corporate tax rate on cantonal level? | Variable | Variable | 0% |
| Average corporate tax payable? | 11.9-21% | 11.9-21% | 4.25% |
| Limited liability entity? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Resident director/partner/manager/ legal representative required? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Minimum paid up share capital? (CHF) | 20,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 |
| Can secure trade finance? | Yes | Yes | No |
| VAT payable on sales to local customers? | Yes | Yes | No |
| Must file an annual tax return? | Yes | Yes | No |
| Must file annual financial statements? | Yes | Yes | No |
| Must appoint an auditor if certain criterion is met? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access to double taxation treaties? | Yes | Yes | No |
| Withholding tax on payments to foreign shareholders? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Resident director/partner/manager/ legal representative required? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Minimum number of shareholders/partners? | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Minimum number of directors/managers? | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Time to incorporate a new entity? | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month |