3460789 - VAT Form Template for Switzerland is Not Compliant With Tax Law

The VAT Form Template for Switzerland named 'Vat tax certificate Switzerland' is outdated and hence not compliant with tax law.

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1. Go to the Application and User Management work center.
2. Go to the Form Template Maintenance view.
3. Select Form Template Group: Tax Return.
4. Search for Form Template 'Vat tax certificate Switzerland' for Country/Region Switzerland.
5. Notice that the template is available in four languages: English, French, German and Italian. For all languages it has been last edited in 2018.

According to Value Added Tax Online obligation - FTA, VAT registration and reporting will generally be carried out electronically from January 1st, 2024. 
Due to this online obligation and since the Swiss eCH standard eCH-0217 (XML upload VAT) was already made available in SAP Business ByDesign as of February 2020, the new VAT declaration form is out of scope in SAP Business ByDesign for the time being.

The form template 'Vat tax certificate Switzerland' can be adjusted by using the Adobe® LiveCycle® Designer for SAP Business ByDesign in accordance with the new VAT rates effective from January 1st, 2024 (see ESTV Musterformulare Erhöhung MWST-Steuersätze ab 2024), analogous the SAP Help Portal 'Updating the Tax Return Form Template – Italy’, accessible here Tax Return Form Template - Italy.

If you need access to the XML generated upon the preview action for form template 'Vat tax certificate Switzerland', please open a Case with SAP Support mentioning this KBA 2193339.

SAP Help Document: Updating the Tax Return Form Template

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