Accounting and Financial Reporting · 30. November 2015
Comment letter on Trustees Review Process
SwissHoldings, the Swiss Federation of Industrial and Services Groups in Switzerland, represents 61 Swiss groups, including most of the country’s major industrial and commercial enterprises. We very much welcome the opportunity to provide comments to this Request for Views. Our response (in the appendix) has been prepared in conjunction with our member companies. Comment …
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Accounting and Financial Reporting · 26. October 2015
Comment letter on the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
In summary, however, we wish to commend the IASB on achieving a full review of the whole Conceptual Framework rather than performing a piecemeal review. We consider that this is required so that one can assess how the different chapters interact. We are also pleased that there is more emphasis on the concepts of “stewardship” …
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Accounting and Financial Reporting · 26. October 2015
Comment letter on Clarifications to IFRS 15
SwissHoldings, the Swiss Federation of Industrial and Services Groups in Switzerland, represents 61 Swiss groups, including most of the country’s major industrial and commercial enterprises. We very much welcome the opportunity to provide comments to this ED. Our response (in the appendix) has been prepared in conjunction with our member companies. Comment Letter on …
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Accounting and Financial Reporting · 19. October 2015
Comment letter on IAS 19 and IFRIC 14
SwissHoldings, the Swiss Federation of Industrial and Services Groups in Switzerland, represents 61 Swiss groups, including most of the country’s major industrial and commercial enterprises. We very much welcome the opportunity to provide comments to this ED. Our response (in the appendix) has been prepared in conjunction with our member companies. Comment Letter on …
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Accounting and Financial Reporting · 9. October 2015
Comment Letter – amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28
We very much welcome the opportunity to provide comments to this Exposure Draft. In view of the on-going review of the equity-accounting mechanism and the circumstances when it should be used, we fully support the proposal to defer the effective date of these amendments to a date to be determined by the IASB in order …
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Publications · 20. September 2015
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility from a Business Perspective Companies assume social responsibility (Corporate Social Responsibility) in different manners depending on the size of the operation and the industry. Responsible business practices, however, always include: Compliance with laws, industry standards and international agreements (within the scope of good Corporate Governance and Compliance). Assuming social, ecological and economic …
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Taxation · 16. September 2015
Genehmigung eines Protokolls zur Änderung des Zinsbesteuerungsabkommens zwischen der Schweiz und der EU
Seit 2009 sind im Bereich des steuerlichen Informationsaustauschs grosse Veränderungen eingetreten. Treiber dieser Entwicklungen sind die G-20 respektive der aufgrund der Finanzkrise entstandene Bedarf an zusätzlichen Steuereinnahmen bei den wichtigsten Industrie- und Schwellenländern. So haben im Jahr 2009 die G-20 den Informationsaustausch auf Anfrage zum internationalen Standard erklärt. Zur Kontrolle, ob die Staaten den Standard …
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Taxation · 7. July 2015
Stellungnahme zur Vernehmlassungsvorlage betreffend Steuererleichterungen im Rahmen der Regionalpolitik
Die Evaluation der bestehenden Regelung zur Gewährung von Steuererleichterungen durch den Bund hat ergeben, dass aufgrund der gewährten Steuererleichterungen zahlreiche Arbeitsplätze in strukturschwachen Regionen geschaffen werden konnten. Für die betroffenen Regionen sind die Arbeitsplätze und die damit verbundene Wertschöpfung bedeutsam. Wegzüge von Unternehmen nach Ablauf der Erleichterungen konnten keine beobachtet werden. Die Gewährung von Steuererleichterungen …
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Accounting and Financial Reporting · 3. July 2015
Comment letter – Deferral of IFRS 15
SwissHoldings, the Swiss Federation of Industrial and Services Groups in Switzerland, represents 61 Swiss groups, including most of the country’s major industrial and commercial enterprises. We very much welcome the opportunity to provide comments to this ED. Our response (in the appendix) has been prepared in conjunction with our member companies. Comment Letter on …
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Taxation · 18. June 2015
Comments of SwissHoldings on BEPS Action 8 – H-t-V Intangibles
The business federation SwissHoldings represents the interests of 61 Swiss based multinational enterprises from the manufacturing and service sectors (excluding the financial sector). SwissHoldings is pleased to provide comments on the OECD Discussion Draft of the Proposed Modifications to the existing guidance in Section D.3 of Chapter VI) (hereafter referred to as “the Draft”). OECD …
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