Location guide · Switzerland
Location guides for 5 cities in Switzerland, from Zurich, Geneva and Basel. Flip Retail builds custom ERP, AI agents, web applications and SaaS for businesses in Switzerland from Jaipur, India, and delivers remotely.
01 — Compliance
Tax, e-invoicing, data-protection and AI rules that shape an ERP, billing system or AI agent in Switzerland. Last reviewed October 2026.
| Indirect tax | VAT (MWST / TVA / IVA), standard rate 8.1%Standard rate 8.1% with reduced rates of 2.6% and 3.8% (accommodation); businesses must register once worldwide turnover reaches CHF 100,000. Switzerland is outside the EU VAT area, so EU OSS and intra-EU rules do not apply and Swiss invoices carry a CHE-xxx.xxx.xxx MWST number. |
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| E-invoicing | Voluntary · QR-bill and eBill; e-invoicing for federal suppliersNo B2B or B2C e-invoicing mandate exists and paper or PDF invoices remain valid; suppliers to the federal administration must invoice electronically for contracts of CHF 5,000 or more (since 2016). The QR-bill is the mandatory Swiss payment slip format and eBill is widely used for consumer billing. |
| Data protection | Revised Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP / nDSG), in force since 1 Sep 2023The revFADP is closely aligned with GDPR (records of processing, privacy by design, breach notification to the FDPIC), the EU recognises Switzerland as adequate, and transfers to certified US companies are possible under the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework. |
| AI rules | Switzerland has no horizontal AI act: on 12 Feb 2025 the Federal Council decided to ratify the Council of Europe AI Convention and make targeted, sector-specific amendments to Swiss law, while Swiss providers serving EU customers remain subject to the EU AI Act. |
| Systems we migrate from or connect to | Bexio, Abacus, Sage 50 Switzerland, Banana Accounting, Run my Accounts, SAP Business OneMasters, ledgers, stock and open balances move across and are reconciled before cutover. |
| Payment rails for web apps and SaaS | TWINT, QR-bill bank transfers, eBill, PostFinance, Datatrans, Stripe |
| Also worth knowing | Business records must be kept for 10 years (electronic archiving allowed under the GeBüV ordinance), and from November 2025 QR-bills must use structured addresses only. Multi-language (DE/FR/IT) invoices and CHF/EUR dual-currency support are standard expectations. |
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change, so we confirm current requirements during discovery; your tax adviser should confirm anything that affects filings.
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02 — Cities
Each guide covers the local economy, the industries we would build for first, and how working with Jaipur fits your hours.
03 — Industries
The industries that come up most across the cities we cover in Switzerland.
04 — Services
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Start a conversation05 — FAQ
Yes. Flip Retail is based in Jaipur, India, and works with Switzerland businesses remotely. We have no office in Switzerland; discovery happens on video calls, you get working software every two weeks, and the engineers who write the code are on the calls.
Yes. Invoicing is built for Switzerland's VAT (standard rate 8.1%). No B2B or B2C e-invoicing mandate exists and paper or PDF invoices remain valid; suppliers to the federal administration must invoice electronically for contracts of CHF 5,000 or more (since 2016). The QR-bill is the mandatory Swiss payment slip format and eBill is widely used for consumer billing. If you or your customers want it, a custom ERP can connect to QR-bill and eBill through an accredited provider.
The revFADP is closely aligned with GDPR (records of processing, privacy by design, breach notification to the FDPIC), the EU recognises Switzerland as adequate, and transfers to certified US companies are possible under the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework. You choose where the system is hosted, access is role-based, and we work on test or masked data during development wherever possible.
Yes. Masters, ledgers, stock items and opening balances move across and are reconciled with your accountant before cutover, ideally at a year-end or quarter-end.
Switzerland has no horizontal AI act: on 12 Feb 2025 the Federal Council decided to ratify the Council of Europe AI Convention and make targeted, sector-specific amendments to Swiss law, while Swiss providers serving EU customers remain subject to the EU AI Act. We design AI agents with logging, human oversight and clear disclosure from the start, which covers most current requirements.
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