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Swiss business paperwork, explained.
Reference guides to the documents a business in Switzerland receives and keeps. Every rule is linked to the official text, and each guide says when it was last checked.
camt v04 → v08: what changes in November 2026
Swiss banks stop sending camt.053 statements and camt.054 notifications in version 04 on 14 November 2026. What changes in the file, and what to check.
Checked against the official texts on 23 October 2026 · 3 min readRead the guideSwiss VAT invoice requirements: the elements an invoice must show
The elements an invoice must show under art. 26 of the Swiss VAT Act, the VAT number and its check digit, the 2026 rates and the special cases.
Checked against the official texts on 23 October 2026 · 3 min readRead the guideDocument retention periods in Switzerland: the complete table
How long to keep invoices, bank statements, payslips and VAT records in Switzerland, from when the period runs, and whether a scan may replace the paper.
Checked against the official texts on 22 October 2026 · 5 min readRead the guide
