In addition to a diploma thesis to be written in advance, the following subjects are examined in the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) to become a certified tax expert:

• Value added tax
• Corporate tax law
• International tax law
• Taxes on natural persons
• BUSINESS STUDIES
• Law
• Criminal tax law and tax procedural law

A federally certified tax expert has the following responsibilities:

• Upper squad
• Great responsibility in technical and personnel matters
• Responsibility as technical experts
• Responsible for subordinate personnel

Tax experts with a federal diploma work in law firms, fiduciary companies, in industry, in multi-national corporations, for tax administrations, the tax justice system or on a self-employed basis.

In order to be admitted to the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for tax experts with a federal diploma, the following points must be fulfilled by the time the examination begins:

• Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Englisch wie wie wie Dipl. HF))

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• 4 years of professional experience in Swiss tax consulting

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• no entry in the central criminal register

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• Module completions or certificates of equivalence
   

The tasks for a tax expert job are as follows:

• Supporting and advising clients on transactions and financial control
• Preparing tax returns and situation analyses for individuals and legal entities and reaching tax agreements (rulings) with the tax authorities
• Client advice to minimize tax risks
• Development of recommendations for action
• Ideas for tax optimization
• Carrying out internal and external audits
• In public administration: ensuring the correct application of tax law, making assessments, dealing with appeals and representing the authorities before the legal authorities
• Work as technical experts for tax administrations and tax courts

As a tax expert with a diploma, you acquire the following skills:

• Personnel management skills
• Employment in senior management
• Great expertise in the company
• Competencies far beyond the technical level

Training to become a tax expert with a Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: English like HF!) takes 3.5 years.

After successfully completing the examination and diploma thesis, graduates are awarded the federally recognized title of "Certified Tax Expert".

The following advanced courses follow on from the tax expert training:

• Professional training at the Swiss Fiduciary School and the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants
• Postgraduate courses at colleges of higher education and universities of applied sciences such as: Dipl. Leiter/in Finanzen und Dienste NDS HF, Dipl. Finanzexperte/-in NDS HF