In this case not so different from Germany

I forgot Parking + occasional fine, as you will probably get Switzerlanded- You'll quickly learn that the Swiss like to respect the speed limit very accurately, or you'll be very popular *

*you'll get a lot of pictures taken but those won't end up on Facebook...

Thanks for sharing your experience.
Do you think it's easy to find dealer who can speak English?

ahahah
That's true. In Germany fines are really really cheap. 30-40Euros for speed limit (20 km/h more)

Mine doesn't, but there have been a number of posts on EF about English-speaking car sales people...

Wait: Are you paying 12% on the full price incl. German MWSt or 12% on the German NET price= 30K*0.8*12%=2880EUR (in CHFs of course)

Thanks

Wrong, it's 30k * .0833...*.12 = 3000

Tom

Easier to say:
30k/120% * 12% = 3,000eur

But yes, classic maths mistake earlier by Mike

You are right: VAT is not 20% from the final price, but it is 20% added to the NET price.

In any case NOT as wrote before:
So at the end the VAT saving is 1- 1.12/1.2 which is 6.6%. Much less than one would think based on the 12% VAT difference.

Looks like I will be moving to Switzerland in 6months time (for 3 years). I've read the above discussion with interest.

If I was to buy a car (say a porsche) through a US dealer for European delivery (in Germany)- would there be a way to then import to Switzerland and get a refund on the German VAT? Would this follow the same process as described in this thread?

It would be a US spec car - not sure if that would result in issues.

If someone who has done this could list out all the costs it would be great.

Thanks!

Moving from the US - sorry

Will be moving to Switzerland on 1 November.

I have registered ourselves in Switzerland (received a confirmation letter with Swiss address, date of registration etc while waiting for the official Ausländerausweise). I have found a car in Germany which I would like to import to Switzerland and I'll get the export plates and the other things done mentioned on this forum.

From what I read, it should be possible for me to purchase the car on 2 November (registered on our Swiss address) and import it to Switzerland without any problems. Is there anything I have missed or should look out for in this scenario?

PS. until end of October I am registered in the Netherlands.

You will have to pay Swiss VAT and import duty as you haven't owned it at least 6 months, and the importation is more complex.

Tom

Thanks for your insight - as for the Swiss VAT, I am assuming that I can get the German VAT back, correct? As for the import duty, I found this online, is that what you are referring to "The rates of duty are the same for used and new vehicles. Depending on the cylinder capacity and weight of the vehicle in running order, they range from CHF 12 to CHF 15 per 100 kg gross weight for cars". This would mean that for a 1600kg car, the tax would be max CHF 240.

In some rare cases getting the CoC can be problematic. I got the paper easiest from here; https://www.eurococ.eu/en

Imported a car from Germany 4 years ago.

A few hoops to jump through, but if you follow the processes and get your papers in order it is very smooth.

See useful documents attached

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	18.56+Autoimport+durch+Private.pdf (70.2 KB, 447 views)
	Import Magazine Article.pdf (167.0 KB, 359 views)
	TKMB_ImportPW1109.pdf (95.0 KB, 633 views)
	ZLMB_IMPORT1104.pdf (235.5 KB, 486 views)

Do you still only need the "EG or EU -Übereinstimmungsbestätigung (CoC)" document to import a car from Germany? On different websites I'm reading different things.

For example, here, it says you need the following:

• Invoice or contract of sale
• Vehicle registration document/certificate (even if already cancelled)
• Proof of identity (passport, identity card, etc.)
• Import customs declaration
• Possibly proof of origin from seller

Whereas here, it says you need these docs:

• e-dec electronic customs declaration
• Invoice and/or contract of sale
• Vehicle registration document/certificate (even if already cancelled)
• Passport or identity card
• Certificate of origin, if available
• Cash as it is not possible to pay with credit card at all customs offices

So I get that you need an invoice, ID, vehicle registration and payment. But what do you need in terms of export documents? Is the CoC enough? Or do you really require an e-dec electronic customs declaration?

The CoC (or EUR1) is also so you don't have to pay duty for the vehicle (calculated by weight of the vehicle). It says so in the .pdf from the second link:

"Vehicles from
the EU, EFTA and countries which
have concluded a Free Trade Agreement
with Switzerland are duty-free
if you can submit a certificate of
origin; e.g. a EUR. 1 form."

As I understand the "e-dec electronic customs declaration" that's something that companies importing goods has to use, so I don't think it applies to a private individual importing a car.

Cool, guess I'll just rock up with the CoC, invoice and car registration docs then and hope for the best.

Great

What car are you planning to import? And please let us know how the process went!

/Tobias