I am relatively new to Switzerland, I moved in from abroad 6 months ago to Zürich. I would like to start giving private piano lessons. I have read this post and it was really helpful, but now I am wondering about the monetary cost. How can I know how much will I have to pay on taxes? I am interested in knowing both one time payments (e.g. for registration) and recurrent payments (e.g. some percentage of my income).

You will need to register as self-employed with SVA Zürich which is normally done a short time after you have started your business, i.e., after giving piano lessons a few times to customers. SVA Zürich will organize a UID enterprise number for you. See this link for more information (German):


https://svazurich.ch/unsere-produkte...rwerbende.html


For social charge rates for self-employed, please see this AHV flyer, pp. 3-6 (English):

https://www.ahv-iv.ch/p/2.02.e


For income and capital taxes, this tax calculator can be used (German):


https://www.zh.ch/de/steuern-finanze...errechner.html



Good luck to you!

You need to check if your permit will allow you to be self-employed or not. That's the first step.

Hi, we are in the same situation (my wife needs go through the process), was wondering have you completed all the formalities and would be able to give us advice?

I think Mullhollander's post above pretty much covers it.