Country pack
communitySchweiz
Suisse (fr)
Ekwo is free, open source accounting software. Its Switzerland pack carries the chart of accounts (Kontenrahmen nach Art. 959/959b OR, 148 accounts), 4 tax rates in CHF, and the periodic return (MWST-Abrechnung, effektive Methode (Formular Nr. 4470), 32 boxes). Last checked on 2026-09-22 against 11 texts of law and official sources.
- Country code
CH- Currency
CHF- Pack version
0.1.0- Last checked
- 2026-09-22
What the pack carries
- Charts of accountsWhat a company installs, and who each chart is published for.
default(default) — 148 accounts, for companies
- TaxesHow many the pack carries, at which distinct rates, and which treatments it can express.
- 12 taxes at rates of 0, 2.6, 3.8, 8.1
domestic,exempt,export,foreign_services_received,import,not_subject - Periodic declarationThe form the ledger is read into, the cadences it is filed on, and how many boxes it has.
CH-MWST-ABR— 32 boxes, filed month or quarter or half_year or year
- When it is dueA rule of the country, not a date. A pack that cannot state its rule states nothing.
- not declared in the pack
- The file it is deposited asThe brick of packages/formats that writes it, where one exists.
- filed by hand on the administration’s portal
- Electronic invoicingThe profile the country imposes, the day it starts, and the text that imposes it.
- no profile — no obligation in law
Am 22. September 2026 verpflichtet kein Bundesgesetz Unternehmen zum Austausch strukturierter elektronischer Rechnungen untereinander (B2B). Der Bund verlangt seit 2016 von seinen eigenen Lieferanten bei Aufträgen über CHF 5'000 eine elektronische Rechnung (B2G), was keine B2B-Pflicht begründet. Die von eCH veröffentlichten Standards — eCH-0069 (Inhaltsstandard swissDIGIN für elektronische Rechnungen) und eCH-0217 (Format für die elektronische Übermittlung der MWST-Abrechnung an das ESTV-Portal SuisseTax, keine Rechnungsnorm) — haben nach den eigenen Nutzungsbestimmungen von eCH ausdrücklich nur Empfehlungscharakter.
- Where the tax balance landsThe accounts a filed declaration settles to, by role.
- payable
2140 - receivable
1176
- payable
- Bank statementsThe formats this country’s banks send, and whether anything here reads them.
camt.053— readmt940no reader yetcsvno reader yet
- Payment filesThe formats the country’s banks accept for an outgoing payment.
pain.001,csv- Financial statementsThe schemes the chart reports on, and the taxonomy their keys are written against.
CH-OR-959-BS— 18 linesCH-OR-959B-IS— 13 lines
- Who has read itA pack is reviewed when a named professional has read it against the law, and never before.
communityno named reviewer11 sources cited- Last checked against the lawThe most recent day somebody opened one of the texts the pack was built from.
- 2026-09-22
- Pack versionWhat this pack calls itself, the day it says its transcription is true, and the languages it publishes.
0.1.0— published 2026-09-22de,fr
Free, and operated
Where the open core stops.
The line is operational, not functional. Everything that keeps working on its own is open core; what needs credentials, a certificate or a channel somebody keeps running is the hosted edition.
CH-MWST-ABRdeclarationFree, for everComputed from the ledger, frozen box by box, filed by hand on the administration’s portal, and what it owes is carried to 2140. The deposit number and the administration’s own words come back into your own database.
OperatedTransmission: the credentials, the certificate and a channel somebody keeps running. The return stays yours.
camt.053bank statementFree, for everA camt.053 file the bank hands over is read and matched against the ledger.
OperatedFetching the statement without being handed it: a PSD2 aggregator contract.
mt940bank statementFree, for everNot yet: no brick of packages/formats/ reads mt940.
OperatedFetching the statement without being handed it: a PSD2 aggregator contract.
csvbank statementFree, for everNot yet: no brick of packages/formats/ reads csv.
OperatedFetching the statement without being handed it: a PSD2 aggregator contract.
What it was built from
11 sources — the law this pack was read against
- Bundesgesetz über die Mehrwertsteuer (Mehrwertsteuergesetz, MWSTG) vom 12. Juni 2009 (SR 641.20), Stand am 31. März 2025
Bundeskanzlei — Fedlex · law · read 2026-09-22
- Bundesgesetz betreffend die Ergänzung des Schweizerischen Zivilgesetzbuches (Fünfter Teil: Obligationenrecht, OR) vom 30. März 1911 (SR 220) — insbesondere Art. 75 und 104 (Erfüllungszeit, Verzugszins) und Art. 957–963b (kaufmännische Buchführung und Rechnungslegung)
Bundeskanzlei — Fedlex · law · read 2026-09-22
- Verordnung der ESTV über die Höhe der Steuersätze für Saldosteuersätze nach Branche und Tätigkeit vom 5. September 2024 (SR 641.202.62), Stand am 1. Januar 2025
Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung (ESTV) · regulation · read 2026-09-22
- Formular Nr. 4470 — Abrechnung Mehrwertsteuer, effektive Methode, gültig ab 1. Januar 2024 (Muster)
Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung (ESTV) · form · read 2026-09-22
- MWST-Sätze in der Schweiz
Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung (ESTV) · guidance · read 2026-09-22
- Saldosteuersätze und Pauschalsteuersätze
Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung (ESTV) · guidance · read 2026-09-22
- Steuerpflicht Bezugsteuer bei der Mehrwertsteuer
Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung (ESTV) · guidance · read 2026-09-22
- eCH-0217 Spezifikation e-MWST — Format für die elektronische Übermittlung der MWST-Abrechnung an das ESTV-Portal SuisseTax
Verein eCH · standard · read 2026-09-22
- Verbindlichkeit der eCH-Standards — genehmigte eCH-Standards haben Empfehlungscharakter
Verein eCH · guidance · read 2026-09-22
- Décompter la TVA en ligne — le portail AFC (Décompte TVA pro) par lequel l'abrechnung est déposée
Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung (ESTV) · portal · read 2026-09-22
- QR-bill — the Swiss standard for payment slips with QR code, replacing the red and orange payment slips since 1 October 2022
SIX Group · standard · read 2026-09-22
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