Switzerland MwSt (VAT) for E-Commerce 2026: 8.1% Rates, LRSV, Registration & Cross-Border Guide

The 2026 Swiss MwSt Landscape at a Glance

Few European tax systems look familiar yet behave so differently as Switzerland's. The cards below summarise the six pillars covered in this guide — keep them nearby as you read each deep-dive section.

1. Swiss MwSt Rates 8.1% / 2.6% / 3.8% / 0% — CH-Specific, Not EU

The Four-Rate Swiss System

Switzerland's MwSt is governed by the Bundesgesetz über die Mehrwertsteuer (MWSTG) of 12 June 2009, fully revised in 2010 and amended most recently by the federal law of 16 June 2023 implementing the AHV 21 rate increase. From 1 January 2024, Switzerland operates a four-tier rate structure that is intentionally simpler than the EU patchwork — but structurally different from any single EU Member State.

The 0% Rate — Exports and Cross-Border Services

The zero rate applies to genuine exports outside Swiss customs territory (Art. 23 MWSTG). Critically, "zero-rated" is not the same as "exempt": zero-rated supplies allow input MwSt deduction, whereas exempt supplies (Art. 21 — financial services, insurance, healthcare, real estate) do not. For exporters, this is worth thousands of francs in recoverable input MwSt every quarter.

Why Swiss Rates Are Not EU Rates

Three structural differences set Swiss MwSt apart from EU VAT: no harmonisation with the EU VAT Directive (2006/112/EC) — rate changes happen via Swiss federal law and popular referendum, not Brussels; lowest standard rate in Europe at 8.1% (roughly a third of Hungary's 27%); and no OSS / IOSS equivalent — every foreign seller crossing the threshold registers individually with ESTV.

2. ESTV Registration for Foreign Sellers

Who Must Register

Article 10 MWSTG defines the MwSt subject as anyone who carries on a business and is not exempt under the small-business rule. Since the 2018 amendment, the global turnover test applies: a foreign business whose worldwide annual turnover from taxable supplies exceeds CHF 100,000 and which makes any taxable supply on Swiss territory must register — irrespective of where its head office sits.

Before 2018 the test was narrower (only the Swiss turnover counted), which let foreign micro-sellers ship into Switzerland MwSt-free. The 2018 amendment, paired with the 2019 LRSV reform, closed both loopholes.

The 30-Day Registration Window

Once the threshold is crossed, the seller has 30 days from the start of the period giving rise to liability to register electronically via ESTV SuisseTax (the federal e-government portal). The registration requires:

• Commercial register extract or equivalent foreign incorporation certificate
• Identification of the authorised signatory
• Description of business activities and expected Swiss turnover
• Bank account details for refunds (a Swiss IBAN is preferred but EU IBAN with SEPA also accepted)
• Mandate appointing a Swiss fiscal representative (Steuervertreter)

The Swiss Fiscal Representative Requirement

Article 67 MWSTG requires every foreign MwSt subject to appoint a fiscal representative with a Swiss domicile. The representative receives ESTV correspondence, holds the Swiss tax address, and is jointly liable for procedural compliance — though since the 2018 amendment, no longer for the tax debt itself. Specialist fiduciaries (Treuhänder) such as PrimeTax, MWST Help, Taxolution and the Big Four indirect-tax teams offer packages from CHF 1,200 to CHF 3,500 per year, bundled with quarterly return preparation.

The MWST-Number Format

ESTV issues a UID-MWST number in the format CHE-123.456.789 MWST, derived from the company's federal UID. It must appear on every Swiss invoice and on the QR-Rechnung payload. Verifying counterparties is done via the federal UID register at uid.admin.ch — much like VIES in the EU.

3. LRSV — The 2019 Low-Value Consignments Reform

The Pre-2019 Loophole

Before 2019, parcels with MwSt of less than CHF 5 were waived at the border under Article 53 para. 1 letter g MWSTG. At the then-standard 7.7% rate, this covered parcels up to ~CHF 65 incl. shipping. Wish, AliExpress, Amazon.de and the early Galaxus competitors exploited this, shipping millions of low-value parcels into Switzerland MwSt-free. Domestic retailers (Migros, Coop, Manor, Galaxus) lobbied loudly for reform.

The 1 January 2019 Reform

Effective 1 January 2019, the Versandhandelsregelung (LRSV) made the foreign seller the deemed importer: once their annual turnover from low-value consignments (≤ CHF 65 incl. shipping) into Switzerland exceeds CHF 100,000, every shipment is treated as a domestic Swiss supply. The seller must register with ESTV, charge Swiss MwSt at the point of sale, and remit it quarterly. Swiss Post / DHL / FedEx process the parcels at zero customs MwSt on entry — the seller's MwSt number is referenced on the customs declaration.

Why CHF 65, Not CHF 100K, Defines a Low-Value Parcel

Two distinct thresholds: CHF 65 per parcel is the per-shipment cut-off; CHF 100,000 annual is the seller-level registration trigger. Below CHF 100K annual you can keep shipping low-value parcels MwSt-free — customs duty kicks in on entry and the recipient bears any handling fee. Above CHF 100K you must charge 8.1% (or 2.6% for books / food) at checkout and remit through ESTV.

What LRSV Means for Marketplaces

LRSV applies whether you sell on your own website, on Galaxus marketplace, on Amazon.de targeting Swiss customers, on Zalando.ch or on Digitec. The threshold is measured at the seller level, not platform level. From 2026, ESTV is expected to extend deemed-supplier liability to large platforms themselves (mirroring EU Article 14a IOSS), shifting the LRSV burden onto Galaxus, Amazon.de-CH and Zalando.ch for low-value third-party sales. The draft amendment is in consultation.

4. The CHF 100,000 Global Turnover Threshold

The Universal Trigger

The CHF 100,000 worldwide turnover threshold defined by Article 10 para. 2 letter a MWSTG is the single most important number in Swiss MwSt for foreign sellers. Three rules govern its application:

• Worldwide, not Swiss — since the 2018 amendment, all taxable supplies from your business globally count toward the threshold, not just Swiss-bound sales. A German Shopify store doing €200K in EU turnover plus CHF 30K shipping into Switzerland is above the threshold and must register.
• 12-month rolling window — the test is applied prospectively: if you reasonably expect to cross CHF 100K in the next 12 months, you must register immediately. ESTV does not wait for the year-end audit.
• Net of exempt supplies — only taxable supplies count (standard, reduced and zero-rated). Article 21 exempt supplies (financial services, insurance, real estate) do not count toward the threshold.

Below the Threshold — The Small-Business Exemption

A foreign seller below CHF 100K can voluntarily register under Article 11 MWSTG. The main reasons to opt in:

• You want to recover Swiss input MwSt (e.g. you store inventory in a Swiss 3PL warehouse and pay CH MwSt on storage fees)
• You sell B2B and your customers prefer a CH MwSt invoice for their own deduction
• You expect to cross the threshold within the next 6 months and want to register pre-emptively to avoid retroactive assessment

Voluntary registration is binding for at least one tax period (typically one calendar year) and cannot be undone mid-quarter.

The Special LRSV Threshold

Note that the LRSV regime (Section 3 above) uses the same CHF 100,000 trigger but applied to a different turnover base: low-value consignments (parcels ≤ CHF 65) into Switzerland only. A seller can therefore be below CHF 100K globally but above CHF 100K in Swiss low-value shipments — and then LRSV applies, forcing registration. This is the most common compliance trap for AliExpress / Wish / Temu-style operations.

Practical Threshold Monitoring

Zunapro tracks both thresholds at SKU level in real time, surfacing two dashboard warnings:

• Global threshold gauge — rolling 12-month worldwide turnover with a 90% / 100% / 110% banding so you trigger pre-registration at 90%.
• LRSV gauge — rolling 12-month Swiss low-value consignment turnover with the same banding.

5. QR-Rechnung — Mandatory for Swiss E-Commerce Since October 2022

From ESR to QR-Rechnung

Switzerland phased out its legacy payment slips — the orange ESR (Einzahlungsschein mit Referenz) for invoiced amounts and the red inpayment slip for free-text payments — over a transition period that began on 30 June 2020 with the launch of QR-Rechnung. The legacy slips were finally retired on 1 October 2022; since then, the Swiss QR-Code on a QR-Rechnung has been the only payment instrument Swiss banks process for invoiced CHF and EUR amounts.

Anatomy of a QR-Rechnung

A compliant QR-Rechnung carries the Swiss QR-Code (46 × 46 mm with the Swiss Cross logo, encoding creditor, IBAN/QR-IBAN, amount, currency, reference, message), a 105 × 210 mm payment part, a 62 × 105 mm receipt, and the regular invoice body. The standard is published by SIX Interbank Clearing in the "Swiss Implementation Guidelines QR-Bill" v2.3 (December 2024). Every Swiss bank — UBS, Raiffeisen, ZKB, PostFinance, the cantonal banks and neo-banks like Neon — exclusively processes QR-Rechnung payloads.

QR-IBAN vs Standard IBAN

Two reference types are supported: QR-IBAN + QR-Reference (27 digits, modulo-10 check) for automated reconciliation, and standard IBAN + Creditor Reference (SCOR) for ad-hoc invoicing. For marketplace volume, QR-IBAN with structured QR-Reference is the only viable choice — Zunapro generates one QR-Reference per order and reconciles incoming PostFinance / UBS / Raiffeisen camt.054 statements automatically.

Implications for Foreign Sellers

Foreign sellers issuing CHF invoices should still issue them as QR-Rechnung. Swiss B2B customers route every incoming invoice through their bank's QR scanner — a non-QR invoice triggers manual entry, lengthens DSO, and is widely viewed as unprofessional. For B2C orders the QR-Rechnung is equally important if you allow invoice payment with deferred settlement via POWERPAY, Klarna or BNPL specialists.

6. Amazon Switzerland via Amazon.de

Why There Is No amazon.ch Storefront

Switzerland is the largest European country without a dedicated Amazon storefront. Amazon serves CH demand through amazon.de via "International Shipping to Switzerland". The reasons are commercial: the Swiss market is CHF 14B+ in 2025 but only ~8.5M consumers, the domestic incumbents Galaxus / Digitec (Migros Group), Brack and Zalando.ch are dominant, and the CHF / EUR boundary plus customs interface make a dedicated Swiss-language storefront expensive at scale.

How Sellers Reach Swiss Customers via Amazon.de

For a German-based seller on Amazon.de, the steps to add Swiss customers are:

• Enrol in the "Shipping to Switzerland (Versand in die Schweiz)" programme in Seller Central
• Configure CH-specific shipping templates with carriers that handle CH customs (DHL Express, FedEx, UPS, or Swiss Post Logistic via consolidators)
• Activate the Amazon Currency Converter for Sellers (ACCS) if you want CHF payouts
• If your CH turnover crosses CHF 100K, register with ESTV under LRSV (Section 3) and let Amazon collect Swiss MwSt at the point of sale

The Amazon LRSV Constellation

Where Amazon is in the loop, the LRSV constellation looks like this:

• Seller of record — the third-party seller (you) remains the deemed importer
• Marketplace facilitator — Amazon may collect the MwSt at checkout and remit it to ESTV if the seller has uploaded a valid CHE-… MWST number
• Customs — DHL clears the parcel duty-paid (DDP) at zero MwSt on entry, referencing the seller's CH MwSt number

From 2026, Amazon is expected to be classified as a deemed seller under the upcoming Swiss platform-liability law for parcels below CHF 200, mirroring the EU IOSS pattern. Sellers should monitor the ESTV consultation document.

FBA Germany vs DDP from Germany

For Polish, Turkish or other non-EU sellers serving CH via amazon.de, the practical trade-off is:

• FBA Germany + International Shipping — lowest unit cost, Amazon handles CH customs and last mile; you need LRSV registration above CHF 100K
• Self-fulfilment DDP from Germany — full control of carrier choice, slower SLAs, you handle customs paperwork; LRSV still applies above CHF 100K
• 3PL in Switzerland (e.g. Planzer, Galliker) — fastest delivery to CH customers, immediate Swiss MwSt obligation regardless of threshold, higher fulfilment cost

7. Reverse Charge for B2B Services (Bezugsteuer)

The Article 45 MWSTG Regime

For B2B supplies of services where the supplier is established outside Switzerland and the recipient is a Swiss MwSt-registered business, Article 45 MWSTG (the Bezugsteuer / acquisition-tax regime) shifts the MwSt liability to the recipient. The foreign supplier issues a clean invoice with no Swiss MwSt; the Swiss buyer self-assesses 8.1% in its own quarterly return and — if entitled to full input deduction — recovers it in the same return, making the cash effect zero.

What Counts as a B2B Service for Bezugsteuer

The list is broad and includes virtually every cross-border professional service:

• Software licences, SaaS subscriptions, cloud hosting (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Consulting, legal advice, accounting, audit, engineering
• Advertising services including Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads (when billed B2B)
• IT development, design, marketing automation, CRM hosting
• Royalties, licence fees, intellectual property rights
• Transport services (with specific carve-outs for passenger transport)

What Bezugsteuer Does NOT Cover

Three key exclusions trip up e-commerce sellers:

• B2C digital services — when the customer is a Swiss consumer (not MwSt-registered), the foreign supplier must register with ESTV and charge 8.1% directly. Netflix, Spotify, Steam etc all operate under this regime in Switzerland.
• Cross-border goods — Bezugsteuer is a services regime. Goods crossing the Swiss border are taxed at import (or under LRSV for low-value).
• Real-estate-linked services — services connected with Swiss real estate (architects, surveyors, property management) are always taxed in Switzerland, never reverse-charged.

Practical Effect on Foreign E-Commerce Sellers

If you supply a B2B SaaS to a Swiss MwSt-registered customer, you do not need to register for Swiss MwSt — the customer self-assesses. If you supply the same SaaS to a Swiss consumer, you must register under the CHF 100K global rule. Many SaaS dashboards split CHF revenue into B2B reverse-charge and B2C direct-charge for this exact reason.

8. The 7-Day Right of Return — Less Generous Than the EU

Why Switzerland Lacks a 14-Day Withdrawal Right

Because Switzerland is not in the EU, it has never adopted the EU Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU) and its 14-day right of withdrawal for distance sales. Swiss consumer protection is anchored in the Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht (OR) — the Code of Obligations — supplemented by the federal Unfair Competition Act (UWG).

Article 40a OR — The 7-Day Doorstep Rule

Switzerland's only statutory withdrawal right is the 7-day right of return for doorstep sales (Haustürgeschäfte) under Article 40a OR. The right covers:

• Contracts concluded at the consumer's home or workplace
• Contracts concluded at a "promotional event" not on the seller's regular premises
• Contracts above CHF 100 in value, made by a professional supplier

Crucially, this article does not extend to distance e-commerce. A Swiss consumer buying online from Galaxus or Amazon.de-CH has no statutory withdrawal right at all once the contract is concluded. Any return policy you see is a voluntary commercial offer, not a legal requirement.

The De-Facto Industry Standard — 14 / 30 Days Voluntary

Because consumers expect EU-style protection, Swiss e-commerce has converged on voluntary return windows that mirror the EU's:

• Galaxus / Digitec — 30-day return on most categories, "no questions asked"
• Zalando.ch — 100-day return on apparel (a Zalando-wide voluntary commitment)
• Brack — 30-day return on standard SKUs
• Coop / Migros online — 14- or 30-day return depending on category
• Amazon.de-CH — Amazon's standard 30-day return policy, applied to CH addresses

For a foreign seller serving Switzerland, the practical advice is to mirror your EU policy (14 or 30 days) — undercutting the de-facto Swiss standard will visibly hurt conversion.

2-Year Statutory Warranty

Separate from the withdrawal right, Article 210 OR grants Swiss consumers a 2-year warranty (Gewährleistung) for defects discovered after delivery. This warranty is mandatory and cannot be excluded in B2C sales. Foreign sellers must honour it for any goods sold into Switzerland.

9. Penalties for MwSt Non-Compliance

Default Interest — 4.0% per Annum

Where MwSt is unpaid or paid late, ESTV charges default interest (Verzugszins) at 4.0% per annum, effective from 1 January 2024 (previously 4.0% reduced to 2.0% during the COVID period, then restored). Interest accrues from the original due date and is not deductible for income-tax purposes.

Article 96 MWSTG — Tax Evasion (Negligent)

Negligent under-declaration of MwSt — for example, failing to register on time once the CHF 100K threshold is crossed, or applying the wrong rate by oversight — is punished under Article 96 MWSTG:

• Fines up to CHF 400,000 for ordinary negligence
• Fines up to CHF 800,000 for serious negligence (e.g. systematic failure to keep records)
• The fine is in addition to the assessed MwSt and default interest

Article 97 MWSTG — Tax Fraud (Intentional)

Intentional tax fraud — falsifying invoices, deleting records, concealing turnover — is a criminal offence under Article 97 MWSTG:

• Imprisonment up to 5 years or a monetary penalty
• Triple-damage fines on the evaded MwSt
• Personal liability of company directors regardless of corporate veil

Retroactive Assessment for Late Registration

The most common penalty pattern for foreign e-commerce sellers is retroactive registration. When ESTV discovers (via Swiss Post manifest data, marketplace audits or competitor complaints) that a foreign seller has been over the CHF 100K threshold for, say, three years without registering, ESTV will:

• Backdate the registration to the date the threshold was first crossed
• Issue a retroactive assessment for all unpaid MwSt over the lookback period
• Add 4.0% default interest from each original due date
• Apply an Article 96 fine for negligent under-declaration (typically 20–50% of the assessed tax)

Total exposure for a CHF 500K/year mid-sized foreign seller that has been non-compliant for three years can easily exceed CHF 200K when interest and fines are added. Voluntary disclosure (Selbstanzeige) under Article 102 MWSTG reduces or eliminates the fine but does not affect the assessed tax or interest.

10. Practical 2026 Compliance Stack

Step 1 — Confirm Whether You Need to Register

Run the two-test decision tree:

• Worldwide turnover ≥ CHF 100K AND any taxable supply in Switzerland → register under Article 10 MWSTG
• Swiss low-value consignments ≥ CHF 100K (parcels ≤ CHF 65) → register under LRSV
• Below both → optional voluntary registration; otherwise wait but monitor thresholds monthly

Step 2 — Appoint a Swiss Fiscal Representative

If you are non-resident, mandate a Swiss Treuhänder before initiating the ESTV registration. The choice matters: a generalist fiduciary will charge less but an e-commerce-specialist (PrimeTax, MWST Help, Taxolution, KPMG/PwC Indirect Tax) is faster for Saldosteuersatz elections, LRSV configuration and digital-services edge cases.

Step 3 — File the ESTV Registration via SuisseTax

Use SuisseTax (the federal e-government portal). From 2026 paper registration is no longer accepted for first-time registrants. Allow 4–8 weeks for ESTV processing. Once issued, the CHE-… MWST number is published in the federal UID register.

Step 4 — Choose Effective Method or Saldosteuersatz

Two filing regimes are available:

• Effective method (Effektive Abrechnungsmethode) — line-item input MwSt deduction, quarterly returns, suitable for sellers with significant Swiss input costs (3PL, marketing, software)
• Saldosteuersatz (Net Tax Rate) — a single industry-specific flat rate (e.g. 3.7% for online retail of standard-rated goods) applied to gross turnover, semi-annual returns, no input MwSt deduction. Only available below CHF 5,005,000 annual turnover.

For asset-light foreign sellers shipping DDP into Switzerland, Saldosteuersatz is almost always the cheaper option. For sellers with Swiss 3PL inventory or Swiss marketing spend, the effective method usually wins.

Step 5 — Configure QR-Rechnung Invoicing

Generate QR-Rechnung PDFs for every CHF invoice issued. Use QR-IBAN with structured QR-Reference so PostFinance / UBS camt.054 statements reconcile automatically. Zunapro's invoicing engine ships with the Swiss QR-Code generator and the SIX Implementation Guidelines v2.3 schema preloaded.

Step 6 — Map Categories to Rates and Configure LRSV

• Map your SKU catalogue to 8.1% / 2.6% / 3.8% / 0% using the ESTV product matrix
• Tag low-value consignments (≤ CHF 65 incl. shipping) for LRSV reporting
• Configure Bezugsteuer flags for B2B service exports out of Switzerland

Step 7 — File Quarterly (or Semi-Annual) Returns

Standard quarterly returns are due 60 days after quarter-end via SuisseTax. Saldosteuersatz returns are semi-annual. Annual returns (since 2025) are available for very small businesses with simple structure. Zunapro auto-generates the XML payload and submits via SuisseTax API.

Step 8 — Reconcile Marketplaces and Bank Statements

Pull camt.054 from PostFinance / UBS / Raiffeisen, match against QR-References on outgoing invoices, and reconcile marketplace settlement reports (Galaxus, Amazon.de-CH, Zalando.ch). The MwSt line on each settlement is the input for the quarterly ESTV return.

Swiss MwSt Rate & Filing Comparison 2026 — All Constellations

The single most useful artefact for Swiss MwSt is a side-by-side rate and filing summary. The table below maps every common e-commerce constellation to its rate, threshold and filing cadence.

Constellation	MwSt Rate	Threshold	Registration	Filing Cadence
Standard B2C goods	8.1%	CHF 100K global	Mandatory above	Quarterly (effective) or Semi-annual (Saldosteuersatz)
Food, books, medicines	2.6%	CHF 100K global	Mandatory above	Quarterly / Semi-annual
Hotel & accommodation	3.8%	CHF 100K global	Mandatory above	Quarterly / Semi-annual
Exports out of CH	0% (zero-rated)	n/a	n/a	Reported in standard return
LRSV low-value parcels	8.1% or 2.6%	CHF 100K Swiss low-value	Mandatory above	Quarterly LRSV line items
B2B services (Bezugsteuer)	8.1% (buyer self-assesses)	n/a for foreign supplier	No CH reg for supplier	Buyer reports in own return
B2C digital services (SaaS, streaming)	8.1%	CHF 100K global	Mandatory above	Quarterly / Semi-annual
Exempt (financial, insurance, healthcare)	Exempt (no MwSt)	n/a	n/a	No MwSt return required for exempt-only business

Reading the table: The standard 8.1% rate dominates e-commerce. Reduced 2.6% kicks in for grocery, books and medicines; special 3.8% only for accommodation. The 0% export rate gives input-MwSt recovery, while exempt sales (Article 21) do not. LRSV is the second registration trigger every foreign mail-order seller must monitor independently of global turnover.

Legal Basis & ESTV Documentation

Core Statute — MWSTG 2009

The primary source is the Bundesgesetz über die Mehrwertsteuer (MWSTG) of 12 June 2009, in force since 1 January 2010 and amended most recently by the federal law of 16 June 2023 implementing the AHV 21 rate hike. Texts in DE/FR/IT/RM are published in the Systematische Rechtssammlung under SR 641.20. The implementing MWSTV ordinance contains the CHF 65 LRSV threshold, fiscal-representative rules and the Saldosteuersatz industry rate table.

ESTV MWST-Info Publications

ESTV publishes binding administrative practice in the MWST-Info series. The most relevant for e-commerce: MWST-Info 01 (Mehrwertsteuerpflicht), 02 (Steuerpflicht / LRSV), 04 (Steuerobjekt / rate matrix), 14 (Bezugsteuer / reverse charge) and 17 (Saldosteuersätze). The Bundesgericht in Lausanne is the highest authority on MwSt disputes — landmark e-commerce cases include 2C_456/2020 (digital services) and 2C_120/2022 (LRSV deemed-importer interpretation).

Useful External References

• ESTV homepage and SuisseTax portal — www.estv.admin.ch
• SIX QR-Bill Implementation Guidelines — www.six-group.com
• Federal UID register — www.uid.admin.ch
• Federal Customs & Border Security (BAZG) — www.bazg.admin.ch

Cross-Border CH ↔ EU — Customs & OSS Interplay

Switzerland Is Not in the EU VAT Area

Because Switzerland is outside the EU customs and VAT territory (despite bilateral free-movement agreements), every CH ↔ EU shipment is a full import/export. There is no OSS, no IOSS, no intra-Community supply, no triangular simplification. Each side of the border applies its own VAT regime independently.

EU → CH Direction

A German Shopify seller shipping to a Swiss consumer faces: German VAT zero-rated as export (with proof of export), Swiss MwSt 8.1% on the import (collected at customs for low volumes or by the seller under LRSV above CHF 100K), and bilateral customs duties (largely zero for industrial goods, ~2% on textiles, variable on agriculture).

CH → EU Direction

A Swiss seller shipping to a German consumer faces: Swiss MwSt zero-rated as export (Art. 23 MWSTG), German VAT 19% on import (collected by the postal carrier or under IOSS for parcels ≤ €150), and the same bilateral customs schedule in reverse.

The Pragmatic Multi-Country Stack

A multi-country operation typically runs one master catalogue mirrored to Galaxus / Digitec / Brack / Zalando.ch / Amazon.de-CH on the CH side and Amazon EU / Allegro / Kaufland on the EU side; three VAT regimes in parallel (OSS for EU intra-Community B2C, IOSS for non-EU into EU, ESTV for CH); two invoice formats (XRechnung / Peppol for EU B2B, QR-Rechnung for CH); and multi-currency pricing with daily SNB / ECB rate sync.

How to Activate Swiss MwSt Compliance with Zunapro — Step-by-Step

1. Run the CHF 100K Threshold Audit

Open the Switzerland module in Zunapro and run the Threshold Audit. The tool pulls your worldwide invoiced turnover (across Shopify, WooCommerce, Allegro, Amazon EU, Galaxus, Zalando and any other connected channel), flags whether you are above the CHF 100K global or LRSV CHF 100K low-value trigger, and recommends a registration date.

2. Appoint a Swiss Fiscal Representative

Choose a fiscal-representative partner from the Zunapro marketplace — PrimeTax, MWST Help, Taxolution and several mid-tier fiduciaries are integrated. The chosen partner receives the mandate digitally and onboards you within ~5 business days.

3. File ESTV Registration via SuisseTax

• Zunapro pre-fills the SuisseTax application using your existing master data
• Upload the foreign incorporation certificate and signatory ID
• Select effective method or Saldosteuersatz (Zunapro recommends based on your input-MwSt profile)
• Submit electronically — ESTV typically issues the CHE-… MWST number within 4–8 weeks

4. Configure Rate Mapping and LRSV Flags

Zunapro auto-maps your SKU catalogue to the four-tier rate matrix using the ESTV product taxonomy. Low-value SKUs (≤ CHF 65 incl. shipping) are tagged for LRSV reporting. The mapping is reviewable as a single grid before going live.

5. Activate QR-Rechnung Generation

Provide your Swiss QR-IBAN (issued by your bank, typically PostFinance, UBS or Raiffeisen for foreign sellers via an introducer). Zunapro then generates Swiss-Cross-stamped QR-Rechnung PDFs for every CHF invoice and embeds them in the order confirmation email.

6. Connect Galaxus, Amazon.de-CH and Zalando.ch

1. Sign in to Zunapro and open the Switzerland module
2. Connect each CH marketplace — paste API keys / OAuth into the Galaxus, Digitec, Brack, Amazon.de-CH and Zalando.ch tiles
3. Map your master catalogue — Zunapro auto-suggests category mappings; you confirm
4. Enable MwSt + QR-Rechnung + LRSV — single toggle each
5. Go live — first sync completes in roughly 10 minutes for a 1,000-SKU catalogue

Swiss MwSt E-Commerce FAQ 2026