{"id":21350,"date":"2020-02-27T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowydaxe.cyon.site\/?p=21350"},"modified":"2021-03-11T07:51:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T06:51:40","slug":"can-a-domestic-helper-settle-the-ahv-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cowydaxe.cyon.site\/en\/can-a-domestic-helper-settle-the-ahv-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a domestic helper \u00absettle the AHV itself\u00bb?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Most cleaning staff who claim to “settle the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>social security deductions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>themselves” work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>illegal.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>If the cleaner cannot\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submit<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a confirmation from the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cantonal C<\/span><\/span>ompensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Office (SVA)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he is self-employed for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this specific\u00a0<\/span><\/span>job,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both are liable to prosecution.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Under social security law, self-employed persons are defined as persons who work under their own name<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>for their own account\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>bear their own economic risk. <\/span>Self-employed persons are examined and assessed by the Compensation Office. The examination is approved exclusively for a specialist\u00a0<\/span>Subject area\u00a0<\/span>under various conditions.\u00a0<\/span>In the Swiss\u00a0social insurance law\u00a0Domestic work is always considered as\u00a0a direct\u00a0employment.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>T<\/span>herefore,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>here are\u00a0<\/span>no self-employed cleaning\u00a0<\/span>persons in Switzerland<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Whether the domestic help is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>correctly<\/span><\/span>\u00a0registered as an employee or self-employed would\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not necessarily have any effect on the wage<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(the deductions are the same)<\/span><\/span>. Self-employment would, however, require that the “cleaner” has her own car and certainly always takes her own cleaning agents and aids (vacuum cleaner, broom, iron etc.) with her (analogous to a cleaning company). She also has several clients. In the case of a self-employed cleaner, the cleaner would charge the total costs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2192 Cleaner to be registered at the AHV (AVS*) scheme: important facts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\nDefinition of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00ab<\/span><\/span>self-employed person<\/span><\/span>\u00bb<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/h2>\nWhat would be the theoretical effects on wages and social security contributions?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
Further articles on the topic<\/h2>\n