Your books, reconciled to the rappen.
Brunner & Frei keeps the accounts of 340 Swiss small businesses in order — bookkeeping, tax, payroll and VAT, on fixed monthly fees you can verify line by line.
0
missed filing deadlines since 1998
CHF 180/mo
fixed fees start here — no hourly surprises
27 yrs
in practice
340+
active mandates
CHF 41M
client tax filed in 2025
4 wks
average onboarding to first clean close
One mandate, every ledger line covered.
Bookkeeping
Monthly reconciliation of every account, receipt capture by app or post, and a close you can read by the 10th.
DetailsTax returns
Corporate and personal filings for Zug, Lucerne and Schwyz, with every deduction documented and defensible.
DetailsPayroll
Salary runs, AHV, BVG and withholding tax handled to the day, from 1 to 60 employees.
DetailsVAT
Quarterly statements filed on time, method optimisation between effective and net-rate, audit support included.
DetailsAnnual accounts
Statutory financial statements under Swiss CO, ready for the bank, the board and the tax office.
DetailsAdvisory
Entity choice, liquidity planning and succession — counsel priced per project, quoted in writing first.
DetailsThree packages. No hourly meter.
CHF 180/mo
For freelancers and micro-firms up to 40 receipts a month.
- Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliation
- Quarterly VAT statement
- Annual accounts and tax return
CHF 340/mo
For teams up to 10 employees with monthly salary runs.
- Everything in Ledger
- Payroll incl. AHV, BVG and withholding tax
- Salary certificates and year-end declarations
CHF 620/mo
For established SMEs that want a named partner on call.
- Everything in Ledger + Payroll
- Quarterly management reporting and review call
- Tax planning and authority correspondence
All fees excl. 8.1% VAT. Volume above package limits billed at CHF 3.20 per additional receipt.
Four steps to a close you can trust.
Handover
We collect prior-year statements, open items and access to your bank feeds. You sign one mandate letter; we handle the rest of the paperwork.
Chart of accounts
We set up a KMU chart of accounts fitted to your industry, so every future figure lands in the right line the first time.
Monthly close
Receipts in by the 5th, reconciled books by the 10th, and a one-page summary of cash, receivables and profit in your inbox.
Year-end and filing
Statutory accounts, tax return and all declarations filed before deadline — every year since 1998, without exception.
Trades and construction
Gastronomy
Medical practices
Agencies and consultants
The dates we never miss for you.
| Date | Obligation | Who it concerns |
|---|---|---|
| 31.01 | Salary certificates issued to all employees | Employers |
| 28.02 | Q4 VAT statement filed and settled | VAT-registered firms |
| 31.03 | Tax return due, Canton Zug, without extension | Individuals and companies |
| 30.06 | AGM and approval of annual accounts | AG and GmbH |
Clients on any package receive extensions filed automatically where the canton allows.
For eleven years the books have closed on the 10th and the tax office has never once written to us. That is worth every franc of the fixed fee.
Reto Amstutz — owner, Amstutz Haustechnik GmbH, Baar
11 yrs
average client tenure
The first consultation costs nothing.
Thirty minutes with a partner, your current books on the table, and a written fixed-fee quote within two working days.