
Covid-19 & Your Business
Covid-19 & Your Business

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Covid-19: Mazars Global Resource Centre
The Covid-19 pandemic is causing uncertainty and disruption around the world. We remain by our clients’ sides during these unprecedented times, helping to protect people and ensure business continuity and service. In response to the crisis, we have created a free to access Covid-19: Mazars Global Resource Centre – a dedicated hub with interactive tools, a global helpline and expert insight to...

Covid-19: Financial sector
The Confederation has taken various measures to support companies during the corona crisis. These include the COVID-19 solidarity guarantees that create new obligations for banks.

Covid-19: Liquidity Management
The Federal Council has adopted a bridging programme of CHF 40bn for liquidity shortfalls, which will be effective from 26 March 2020. Companies can apply to their banks for bridging credit facilities for up to 10% of their annual turnover and no more than CHF 20m. The bridging loans granted by the Federal Council require to prepare an exhaustive documentation and a complex application process.

Covid-19: Fraud & Compliance Risks
Due to the current corona situation, companies have sent their employees to home office wherever possible. This has led to the fact that the usual work processes can no longer be easily adhered to.

Covid-19: General meetings and Dividends
The Covid 19 crisis had a major impact on the holding of general meetings and the payment of dividends. (Overview in French)

Covid-19: Overview of tax measures
Find below an overview of all tax measures (deadlines, deferrals, interest...) decided by the Confederation and the cantons to manage the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic from a tax point of view.

The impact of Covid-19 on Swiss insurers
Ad-hoc survey April 2020: How do Swiss insurers experience the Corona crisis?

Covid-19: VAT measures
The Federal Council has decided that the payment deadline for VAT credits will be extended from 20 March to 31 December 2020.
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Covid-19: Business continuity
During the ongoing coronavirus situation, our priority is to protect our employees and act responsibly vis-à-vis our community (our clients, providers and partners). Therefore, we are following all the WHO’s guidelines and the recommendations of the Federal Council aimed at limiting the expansion of the virus.