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What a compliant invoice must show in Switzerland.

The fields, the party identifiers, the exact statutory wording for each tax treatment and the currency rule — each cited to the statute or the tax authority, not a summary of one.

Tax figure in CHF Legal format EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) PDF counts as the invoice

What the invoice must show

The content Switzerland's rules put on the face of the document, beyond the parties, line items and totals every invoice carries.

Document title
Rechnung Invoice
Date of supply
Mandatory on every invoice

How each party is identified

The registration numbers and their formats the Switzerland rules expect on the invoice.

Seller
MWST-Nr. (UID) VAT number (UID) · CHE-xxx.xxx.xxx MWST · always
Buyer
UID des Empfängers buyer UID · CHE-xxx.xxx.xxx · optional

The exact wording, by tax treatment

When no tax is charged, the invoice has to say why — in the words the law names. Each is linked to the statute or tax authority it was read from.

Bezugsteuer durch den Leistungsempfänger (Art. 45 MWSTG)Reverse charge — acquisition tax by the recipient
Von der Steuer befreit — Ausfuhr (Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 1 MWSTG)Exempt with credit — export
Zero-ratedstatute ↗
Von der Steuer befreit (Art. 23 MWSTG)Exempt with credit
Von der Steuer ausgenommen (Art. 21 MWSTG)Exempt without credit
Out of scopestatute ↗
Nicht steuerbar in der Schweiz — Ort der Leistung im Ausland (Art. 8 MWSTG)Not taxable in Switzerland
Foreign seller (import)statute ↗
Keine Schweizer MWST — Lieferung aus dem Ausland; die Einfuhrsteuer schuldet der Importeur (Art. 50 ff. MWSTG)VAT not charged — supply from abroad; import tax is owed by the importer (Art. 50 ff. Swiss VAT Act).

Art. 26 MWSTG: Name und Ort des Leistungserbringers (wie im Geschäftsverkehr) mit UID, Name und Ort des Empfängers, Datum/Zeitraum der Leistung, Art/Gegenstand/Umfang, Entgelt, Steuersatz und Steuerbetrag (oder 'inkl. MWST'); QR-Rechnung für die Zahlung.

The format, and who sends it

A plain PDF still counts as the invoice in Switzerland; a structured e-invoice is accepted where the buyer asks for it.

Legal format(s)
PDF invoice · EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0)
Transmission
Sent supplier→buyer; no government clearance in the path

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Every generated invoice is validated on your machine against the official artefacts — the OASIS UBL/CII schemas, the CEN EN 16931 schematron, Peppol BIS 3.0, KoSIT XRechnung, FatturaPA, KSeF FA(3) and the Peppol PINT packages. This page is a reference for build scoping; it is not legal or tax advice.

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