PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS SWITZERLAND PRESENTS:

Profit Protection For International Companies

SaferTax (www.safertax.ch) is an integrated solution by PricewaterhouseCoopers especially developed for internationally operating companies aiming at reducing consolidated tax burden and thus optimising worldwide profits of its clients. This requires a solution that does not look at tax planning in isolation. Increasingly profit and earnings are determined by an approach that is integrated both operationally and tax efficiently and which calls for creative approaches to improving profitability at all levels. As a result of technological developments, today’s process and organisational changes have far-reaching impacts, particularly on the management of a group’s value chain.

Professionally planned and implemented in a tailor made fashion, SaferTax acts like a hothouse for the values of your business. The establishment of principal structures, effective supply and value chain management as well as an internationally coordinated planning of business locations facilitate maximum profit transfers and a profitable allocation of values, risks and functions.

Tax questions today are mostly also location questions

Switzerland is known internationally for its low tax rates. However it is less well known that in addition Switzerland as a rule also grants Swiss BCC companies a special tax status. The profit allocated to a BCC is taxed at a maximum rate of 12-15% - and depending on the region at a much lower rate. Compared with the otherwise usual international tax rates of 30-40%, this gives the company a massive competitive advantage. These advantages, combined with a wide-ranging network of double taxation treaties with other countries, make Switzerland a particularly attractive location for a BCC.

More information on this subject under www.enticingtaxbenefits.ch

Advantages of SaferTax in four main areas:

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For further information on SaferTax, please contact your specialist:

Andrin Waldburger, Partner
Specialist for Business Control Centers and Value Chain Transformation
Stampfenbachstrasse 73
CH-8035 Zürich
Phone: +41 1 630 43 10
Fax: +41 1 630 44 15

Armin Marti, Partner
Specialist for Transfer Pricing
Stampfenbachstrasse 73
CH-8035 Zürich
Phone: +41 1 630 43 43
Fax: +41 1 630 43 05