Company in Switzerland ?

[Marzio]

Could you please update the thread with your findings if a branch can indeed distribute‍ profits directly to the shareholders?

 

[antrock333]

Will do. Maybe @ffbkdavid knows that already and could answer here as well?

 

[clemens]

sorry to ask and if you already mentioned that. Are you located⁠ in Switzerland or is it only your holding company?

 

[drspak]

I am interested in learning more about the opening of a branch in Switzerland to‌ manage royalties for trademark management and registration. I could contact me privately thanks

 

[Marzio]

A branch can't distribute profits directly to shareholders, profits first needs to be transferred to‍ the head company and then to the shareholders.

 

[tacokai]

Why are you all interested in Switzerland as as setup for your business?

 

[Marzio]

Do you know if in the "patent box" are included licensing / franchising⁤ deals?

Also, does anybody know how to interpretate this table?

Patent box 10% means that for profits from︁ patents you have 10% discount on the current corporate tax rate in Geneva (which is︂ 13.99%), is that correct?

I don't know how to interpretate relief limitation and dividend taxation.︃

I guess dividend taxation means that you are taxed only on 30% of dividends that︄ you distribute?

@ffbkdavid, @antrock333 can you help out decoding this table? 🙂

 

[JustAnotherNomad]

The way I understand it, the dividend taxation column tells you how much of the‌ dividends paid out you pay taxes on. You pay out 100k - if it says‍ 50% there, you only pay tax on 50k. That’s because you’ve already paid corporate income⁠ tax, so they say it’s unfair that you pay full personal income tax on top⁤ of it, for the same money. But that’s only the canton level tax - there⁣ is also federal tax.

 

[Marzio]

Ok this answers the "relief limitation" column

This is how i understand it as well

 

[Marzio]

The dividend taxation column shows not the relief you get but the actual percentage of‌ the dividends that will be taxed. 50% is easy, is 50% but 70% means that‍ you will be taxed on 70% of the dividends and not the 30% like i⁠ thought.

source

 

[erni]

Anyone in this thread know about some good, trusted and not to expensive Swiss company‌ formation agency?