SCF Swiss Company Formation

About SCF Swiss Company Formation

Based in the Lake Geneva region, this small corporate services provider is built around helping foreign owners establish and run a company in Switzerland without travelling. It acts as registered agent, filing papers under power of attorney and delivering the corporate kit by courier once the entity is registered. The site states more than eleven years of experience with non-resident clients and mentions completed cases for a UK wealth-management branch and a US biotechnology start-up. Clients can choose between AG/SA and GmbH/Sàrl companies, branches, foundations or associations, and ready-made shelf companies are also listed. After incorporation the firm continues with domiciliation, a Swiss-resident local director, accounting, VAT and annual tax reporting under renewable yearly agreements. Sectors named include intellectual property holding, e-commerce, IT, trading, finance, medical and pharmaceutical businesses. The website is published in English only.

Services

Two yearly packages bundle incorporation including notary fees, first-year domiciliation, a corporate kit, a Swiss-resident local director, VAT registration and reporting, a tax report prepared from client financial statements, bookkeeping up to a transaction limit, bank account opening assistance and a few hours of administrative work. Stand-alone offers cover company renewal and dissolution, legal address and management services, accounting and VAT, contract drafting, professional director services, a virtual office with call answering and mail handling, and licensing, notarisation, apostille and legalisation support.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✓ Accounting and bookkeeping: offered
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✓ VAT: offered
• ✕ Payroll: not listed
• ✕ Audit: not listed
• ✓ Bank account assistance: offered
• ✕ Residency and visas: not listed
• ✓ Corporate secretarial: offered
• ✓ Virtual office: offered

Published prices

• Swiss Start package CHF 9,500 per year
• Swiss Business package CHF 14,500 per year
• Incorporation alone from CHF 6,600 (Start) or CHF 9,500 (Business)

As published by the firm. Prices change; the firm's quote is what counts.