There is a book of rules concerning company naming. I had a copy somewhere. It applies to gmbh and AG definitely , but I can't remember about Einzelfirma.
Company names are pretty free except if you plan to use words like "Swiss" or "International".
Business naming and registration is handled ny the Handelsregister, who have a counter service on the corner of Talstrasse, Zürich near Paradeplatz.
I was told by SVA that my Einzelfirma must have my family name in it:
"Bloggs Schreinerei" for example. It seems pretty free and easy though, and you don't need to have this on your bank account.
dave
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| Not that it needs re-confirmation but I phoned SVA Zurich again and this time it was a different lady and she said that they don't decide what name I can use. All they do is check to see if the forms etc are in order and then give me the official self-employed status. She said that she does not know who decides what name you can use. She spoke to her collegue and then said I should ask Handelsregister about the name. Plus she said that her collegue thinks that it needs to have my family name.
What I find sad is that some of them don't know the rules and just give out wrong info. Atleast this lady did not repeat what the other lady had said.
If it was not for Richard I would have been in deep trouble.
AbFab I did not mean for tax purposes but for initial changing of my status by SVA to independent. Anyway I don't think it will make any difference as to what company name I used on the invoice before I even was officially independent :-) | |
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