After successfully completing the examination and diploma thesis, graduates are awarded the federally recognized title of "Certified Tax Expert".

The following advanced courses follow on from the tax expert training:

• Professional training at the Swiss Fiduciary School and the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants
• Postgraduate courses at colleges of higher education and universities of applied sciences such as: Dipl. Leiter/in Finanzen und Dienste NDS HF, Dipl. Finanzexperte/-in NDS HF

In addition to a diploma thesis to be written in advance, the following subjects are examined in the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) to become a certified tax expert:

• Value added tax
• Corporate tax law
• International tax law
• Taxes on natural persons
• BUSINESS STUDIES
• Law
• Criminal tax law and tax procedural law

A federally certified tax expert has the following responsibilities:

• Upper squad
• Great responsibility in technical and personnel matters
• Responsibility as technical experts
• Responsible for subordinate personnel

As a tax expert with a diploma, you acquire the following skills:

• Personnel management skills
• Employment in senior management
• Great expertise in the company
• Competencies far beyond the technical level

The tasks for a tax expert job are as follows:

• Supporting and advising clients on transactions and financial control
• Preparing tax returns and situation analyses for individuals and legal entities and reaching tax agreements (rulings) with the tax authorities
• Client advice to minimize tax risks
• Development of recommendations for action
• Ideas for tax optimization
• Carrying out internal and external audits
• In public administration: ensuring the correct application of tax law, making assessments, dealing with appeals and representing the authorities before the legal authorities
• Work as technical experts for tax administrations and tax courts

In order to be admitted to the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for tax experts with a federal diploma, the following points must be fulfilled by the time the examination begins:

• Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Engl.) or Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Englisch wie wie wie Dipl. HF))

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• 4 years of professional experience in Swiss tax consulting

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• no entry in the central criminal register

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• Module completions or certificates of equivalence
   

Tax experts with a federal diploma work in law firms, fiduciary companies, in industry, in multi-national corporations, for tax administrations, the tax justice system or on a self-employed basis.

Training to become a tax expert with a Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: English like HF!) takes 3.5 years.