Commercial accounting

Since 1 June 2002, it has no longer been mandatory for business records, business correspondence and transaction records to be held on paper. They may now also be maintained and preserved in electronic form. This new principle, laid down in the Swiss Code of Obligations, is described in greater detail in its implementing ordinance. The ordinance governs only the essential points and is characterized by its openness to new data processing, communication and storage technologies. This revision of the law has eliminated legal uncertainty and questions of interpretation that have come about owing to the increasing conduct of business by electronic means, especially e-mail.

For complete documentation please refer to the pages in German, French or Italian.