Switzerland

Firm overview

Firm overview

Tax Partner AG is focused on Swiss and international tax law and is recognised as an important independent tax boutique. With currently 14 partners and counsels and approximately 40 professionals in total the firm advises multi-national and national corporate clients as well as individuals.

Tax Partner develops creative, well devised and if necessary unconventional solutions in all areas of tax law (corporate taxation, taxation of individuals, social security, tax compliance and proceedings, customs and VAT, transfer pricing, etc.).

Since its inception in 1997, Tax Partner's strategy is to exclusively offer specialized tax advice to its clients. Tax Partner offers the full range of tax advice, from tax compliance to structuring of transactions, partner lead, offering a unique in-depth service quality to its clients. 

Tax Partner is equipped with a transfer pricing team that has worked extensively in a wide range of industries and is highly specialized in financial transactions, transactions involving intangibles as well as in the area of asset management services. The services offered include assistance in: Design and implementation of global transfer pricing policies; Management of transfer pricing audits; Advance Pricing Agreements; Mutual Agreement Procedures and Arbitration; Tax valuations of intra-group transactions; Preparation of benchmark studies; Preparation and review of Transfer Pricing Documentation (Master file, Local file documentation, Country-by-Country Reporting).

In the course of further expansion of its international relationships Tax Partner co-founded Taxand in 2005. Taxand is the world's largest independent tax organisation delivering high quality integrated tax advice worldwide. Taxand presently has over 2,500 tax advisors and 550 tax partners from independent member firms in 50 countries. Tax Partner is the Swiss Taxand member firm.

Firm overview

Led by Reto Gerber, the Deloitte Switzerland Tax & Legal practice currently numbers approximately 340+ professionals and has won the “Swiss Tax Firm of the Year award” from ITR for the eighth year in a row.

Deloitte Switzerland’s comprehensive range of services of Tax services — including Business Tax, International Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions Tax, Transfer Pricing, Indirect Tax, Tax Management Consulting, Global Employer Services, Private Client Services, Financial Services Tax Advisory — resulted in significant project wins across all industries. 

Our integrated approach combines insight and innovation from multiple disciplines with business and industry knowledge to help clients to excel.

Deloitte Switzerland’s strong collaboration with its Tax, Consulting, Audit, Risk Advisory and Financial Advisory service lines enables it to offer an integrated, innovative and holistic approach, providing highest quality, some of the best solutions possible and added value to its clients.

Firm overview

Partner Beat Baumgartner leads the Loyens & Loeff Transfer Pricing team in Switzerland together with Fabian Sutter. The full team consists of 36 lawyers and economists, such as corporate tax, VAT, customs, litigation and competition from various offices serving in all kinds of sectors.

The team can play an important role in the connections between the Belgian, Dutch, Luxembourg and Swiss markets and foreign based clients and also assists clients on transfer pricing documentation such as CbCR, Master and Local File aspects. Transfer pricing is intertwined with most tax issues, the approach to transfer pricing is to fully integrate the expertise of the team in this field with Loyens & Loeff's other tax and legal practice teams. Across markets and borders, the firm provides integrated solutions on all relevant transfer pricing issues, including strategy, documentation, audits and dispute resolution, to clients.