Treuhand Catherine Schmid GmbH

About Treuhand Catherine Schmid GmbH

A small fiduciary office in the Oerlikon district of Zurich run by its managing director, who holds a federal qualification in finance and accounting. The team of four mixes bookkeepers, a tax clerk and an apprentice, and staff members state working languages including German, English, French and Spanish. Its customers are mainly small and medium-sized businesses plus private individuals. A formation and conversion service prepares all papers up to notarisation and commercial register entry, and also covers later changes such as capital increases, relocations and legal-form changes; a questionnaire for incorporating a stock corporation can be downloaded. Ongoing services include bookkeeping, payroll with social-insurance reporting, work-permit applications for foreign employees, VAT, tax returns and domicile mandates. The website is in German, with an English tax-return checklist available, and no fees, founding year or memberships are published.

Services

Formation and restructuring work includes preparing incorporation documents until notarisation and register entry, amendments to articles, changes of legal form, capital increases and reductions, relocation of the registered seat, name or purpose changes and transfers of shares. Accounting covers bookkeeping for sole proprietors, partnerships and companies, interim and annual accounts, analyses, VAT registration and returns, and administrative management. Payroll includes salary statements, social-insurance filings and work permits for foreign staff. Tax services cover returns for individuals and companies, withholding-tax refund claims and withholding-tax statements. Domicile mandates are offered.

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