Books are kept to file a return, not to be read. Transactions are bucketed into broad categories — "general expenses", "travel", "marketing" — that explain nothing about the business. Bank lines and card transactions are aggregated rather than examined. Inherited accounting comes with random accounts holding things they shouldn't, reports built on classifications that don't reflect reality, historical data that cannot be reconstructed properly.
Swiss Ledger reads every line. Bank, cards, gateways — examined and classified individually, with unclear descriptions researched rather than guessed at. The internal data infrastructure exists to make this possible at scale, not only on the largest engagements. Two decimals are not a flourish. They are how the books are kept.
The finance backbone of a company, kept by the meter.
Pricing follows the data, not the hours. Number of accounts, volume of transactions, payroll, VAT regime, closing positions — each component is metered against the practice's internal model. The bill is the sum of the work.
Bookkeeping across the full chart of accounts, monthly. Each account reconciled against statements, every posting made against the source document. Foreign currency translated at booking and reviewed at year-end.
Monthly payroll for fixed-salary employees and for hourly engagements with time tracking. Withholding tax handled where it applies, mutations processed as they occur. Year-end employer duties — annual salary declarations, salary certificates — included in the mandate.
Swiss VAT returns filed on the frequency you elect with the FTA, quarterly or annually, with the year's reconciliation and supporting calculations retained for review.
Recovery of VAT paid across borders. For Swiss companies recovering abroad, for foreign companies recovering in Switzerland, and for combinations between third countries where reciprocity rules permit. Pricing success-based — 33–35% of the recovered amount. No recovery, no fee.
Year-end financial statements and tax declaration are quoted at engagement, separately from the monthly mandate.
Each component of the engagement is metered. The figure below is computed from the practice's internal model. Indicative, not binding. The formal quote follows a discovery call where the actual shape of the engagement is established.
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The work is done in Switzerland by a multilingual team that knows how the cantons differ and how the federal administration thinks. Not delegated abroad. The practice's own data layer, communication and file storage sit on Swiss infrastructure.
Onboarding requires verifiable ownership, purpose and activity. Swiss Ledger does not provide tax advisory, legal advisory, fiduciary services, or signatory functions. Books are kept in the practice's own systems and delivered as statements, reports, VAT returns and payroll output. Where the engagement requires it, the books are delivered into a client-owned accounting system — Abacus, WinEUR, Odoo, QuickBooks, Xero, or another major platform — priced separately, on engagement.
VAT paid across borders is recoverable where reciprocity rules apply. Deadlines are absolute — typically 30 June of the year following the expense. Most companies leave the amounts unclaimed.
Estimate of recoverable VAT
Annual business expenses incurred in each region (CHF, approximate).
Free recovery assessment
Send the foreign business expenses you would like reviewed — receipts, invoices, expense summaries, in any format. We return a written report on what is recoverable as it stands, what becomes recoverable with reissued documentation, and what falls outside the rules.
The assessment is free and carries no obligation. We reply within five business days.
Send documents for reviewOr the indicative estimate at section 05, which sends the calculator answers along with the enquiry. Response within one business day.
Swiss Tower, Swiss Ledger and ANALYTICA grew out of a single operation that has been running since 2016. Today, each company holds its own mandate. The standard is shared.
Swiss Tower — operates registered Swiss business addresses (c/o) in six cantons, with mail handled as infrastructure.
ANALYTICA — sits between raw data and the accounting system, standardising and repairing exports from banks, cards, booking engines, wallets and expense tools — the work that accountants normally lose hours doing manually.
Same group, same standard. Each company under its own mandate.