Swiss compliance
How Numezis maps to Swiss regulations — VAT, AHV, data protection.
Numezis is built first for the Swiss market. This page summarizes the regulations we map to, and what we leave to your fiduciary to validate.
Data protection — revFADP
The revised Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP, in force since 1 Sept 2023) applies to every Swiss tenant. We comply by:
- Hosting all primary data in Switzerland (
europe-west6). - Maintaining a register of processing activities — available on request.
- Appointing a Data Protection Officer (DPO) —
dpo@numezis.com. - Supporting the data-subject rights workflow (access, rectification, erasure) via Settings → Data subject requests.
For EU-resident data subjects, the same workflow also covers GDPR rights.
Commercial records — CO art. 957a
Swiss commercial-records law requires:
- Books kept in good order, complete, true and timely.
- Accounting records retained 10 years after the end of the business year.
- Documents available in a form readable at any time within the retention period.
Numezis enforces these by:
- Period locks on closed months/years (no back-dated edits).
- Document retention configurable from Settings → Data retention (default 10 years).
- Audit trail on every accounting transition.
VAT
We support Swiss VAT (MWST/TVA/IVA) with the 2025 rates:
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| Standard | 8.1% |
| Reduced (food, books, medicine) | 2.6% |
| Hospitality (overnight stays) | 3.8% |
| Exempt | — |
| Outside scope | — |
VAT declarations (forms 1050 / 1056) are generated quarterly with the detail your fiduciary expects, ready to file via the AFC eFAC portal.
Payroll — AHV/IV/EO, ALV, UVG, BVG, withholding
The HR / Payroll module supports the mandatory Swiss social contributions and produces:
- Monthly contribution slips for the compensation office.
- Withholding tax declarations for cantons that apply withholding to foreign workers (e.g. Geneva, Vaud, Zurich).
- Year-end salary certificates (Lohnausweis / certificat de salaire) in the standardized format.
What stays with your fiduciary
A few items remain your fiduciary's professional judgment — we surface the data, they sign:
- Application of accounting principles (CO vs Swiss GAAP FER vs IFRS-light) for your specific business.
- Provisioning levels for doubtful receivables.
- Year-end accruals and inventory valuation methods.
- VAT rate applicability for edge-case services.
Numezis is a tool, not a substitute for your fiduciary.