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Matthias Hofer leads the Indirect Tax practice with Grant Thornton Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Professional experience

Matthias Hofer has more than 15 years of experience in tax consulting. He advises companies on the planning of international business processes and the implementation of optimized supply chains.

Matthias Hofer supports companies with pragmatic solutions, particularly in the area of e-commerce, the digitalisation of value chains and the DLT/blockchain technology.

Prior to joining Grant Thornton, he worked with the tax practice of a Big-4 company.

Professional qualifications and memberships

Matthias Hofer has a PhD in Economics. In addition, Matthias Hofer holds a degree as Swiss certified tax expert and a Master of Advanced Studies in VAT. He is a member of EXPERTsuisse and the working group for accounting/tax/audit of the Crypto Valley Association.

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Matthias Hofer’s mother tongue is German. In addition, he has very good command of English and good knowledge of French.

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Qualifications

Dr. oec. (HSG)
Swiss certified tax expert

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TAX Entitlement to and documentation of the import VAT deduction in the VAT return

The right to deduct import tax is subject to certain legal requirements. In addition, the company must be able to document a claimed import tax deduction. However, despite the principle of free assessment of evidence, not every document related to an import is suitable for proving the claim to an import tax deduction in a legally adequate manner.

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| 1 min read | 31 Mar 2022

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If the employer provides its employee with a business vehicle, which the employee may also use privately, this is deemed to be a supply that is provided by the employer. This supply is subject to the standard VAT rate and must be declared accordingly in the VAT return of the employer.