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Since the beginning of the year, the new Switzerland VAT Report extensions have been available. They have been updated according to the changes introduced by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) during 2025. With their official release, the extensions comply with the transmission methods required by the Confederation.
What has changed
Starting from January 1, 2025, the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) introduced important changes in VAT management. These updates concern both regulatory aspects and the technical format for transmitting VAT data in Switzerland.
In particular, the main changes are the following:
- mandatory online VAT reporting
- electronic transmission of the VAT Report using a new XML format
- new rules have been introduced for the net tax rate method and flat tax rates, as well as for the management of multiple VAT rates
- possibility of annual VAT reporting
These changes were introduced gradually by the FTA during 2025 and required several updates to the VAT extensions of Banana Accounting.
More information is available on the page VAT Reports 2024/2025.
New VAT extensions from 2025
To correctly create and submit the VAT Report, you must use the new 2025 VAT extensions of Banana Accounting Plus:
During 2026, the VAT Report 2024 extensions will be discontinued, because they are based on a transmission format that is no longer accepted by the FTA platform.
What changes for you
From a practical point of view, you continue working as before:
- VAT transactions as usual
- the same workflow to create the report
- export of the XML file to upload to the FTA portal
The main changes do not concern the way you work, but the alignment with the new VAT rates, the update of the VAT Codes table and the new format required by the Confederation, so that data transmission continues to work smoothly.
VAT update included in the Advanced plan
If you already use the Advanced plan of Banana Accounting Plus, the update to the new VAT extensions:
- is included free of charge in the subscription
- allows you to stay aligned with the new FTA rules
Don’t have Banana Accounting Plus yet?
Did you know that with the Advanced plan of Banana Accounting Plus you can generate, with a simple command, the XML file of the VAT Report, ready to be uploaded directly to the AFC website?
In addition, with Banana Accounting Plus you are always up to date, with a version that is always compatible with the continuous updates of operating systems.
Do you have questions?
If, while using the new extensions, you have comments or suggestions, let us know; your feedback helps us to continuously improve.