Compensation office · Aargau

SVA Aargau

The compensation office for households in Aargau

If you employ a cleaner, nanny or carer in Aargau, you register them with SVA Aargau. Here is what you need: contact details, registration route and costs, and what we experienced with the office ourselves.

Contact

Address: SVA Aargau
Bahnhofplatz 3C, 5001 Aarau
Phone: +41 62 836 81 81
Email: info@sva-ag.ch
Website: www.sva-aargau.ch
Online portal: connect

How to register

SVA Aargau has its own online form for employers.

Open the registration form ↗

Deadline: within one month of the first working day.
The confirmation with your settlement number then arrives by post.
Accident insurance: SVA Aargau offers the simplified procedure plus. You must choose it explicitly when you register.

What to watch out for

In the Aargau form the VAVplus option only appears AFTER you answer «yes» to the simplified procedure («… Verfahren Plus, inklusiv Unfallversicherung»). Have your IBAN and your employee's AHV number and birth date ready.

What the office costs

Admin fee: 3 % of the AHV/IV/EO contributions.

On CHF 10,000 annual wage that is about CHF 31.80 a year.

For comparison: across the 26 offices the same amount ranges from CHF 14.84 to CHF 53.00. Compare all offices →

Family allowance contribution: 1.45 % of the wage, paid by you as the employer.
Child allowance: CHF 225 per child and month.
Education allowance: CHF 278 per child and month.

During the year

You report wages through the connect portal or by post.
Annual declaration: by 30 January for the previous year. The office then invoices the contributions.

Our experience with SVA Aargau

What we learned filling in the forms, from the office's own information and documents, and with our customers. Always with date and source.

Office documents
A certificate instead of a Lohnausweis
SVA Aargau sends your household staff a certificate of the taxes already settled, which they attach to their tax return. You do not have to issue an additional salary certificate. The source tax settles the tax on this wage for good, so your employees no longer have to declare it.
Source: SVA Aargau, page «Haushalte mit Angestellten» (sva-aargau.ch), read on 8 August 2026
Form tested
Its own form, with save and resume
Registration runs through the Aargau online form «Anmeldung Personal im Haushalt und Liegenschaftsverwaltung», in four sections. With «Zwischenstand speichern» you can pause, and at the end you get a PDF copy. Unlike the federal form, it does not ask for your own AHV number.
Source: Clino's own walkthrough of the form, 12 July 2026
Form tested
The pension fund question
In the «Angestellte» section the form asks whether your employees belong to a pension fund. If you choose «Nein», you must give a reason, for example «Anschluss pendent». Settle the answer before you start.
Source: Clino's own walkthrough of the form, 12 July 2026
Office documents
connect saves time, not fees
The last section of the registration form covers the online platform connect. SVA Aargau publishes no discount on the administration fee for filing the wage declaration electronically. The rate depends only on the payroll.
Source: SVA Aargau, pages «Beiträge und Verwaltungskosten» and «ELM» (sva-aargau.ch), read on 8 August 2026; Clino's own walkthrough of the form, 12 July 2026

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Frequently asked questions about SVA Aargau

How do I contact SVA Aargau?

By phone on +41 62 836 81 81, by post to Bahnhofplatz 3C, 5001 Aarau. By email to info@sva-ag.ch.

How do I register my household employee with SVA Aargau?

SVA Aargau has its own online form for employers. In the Aargau form the VAVplus option only appears AFTER you answer «yes» to the simplified procedure («… Verfahren Plus, inklusiv Unfallversicherung»). Have your IBAN and your employee's AHV number and birth date ready. Deadline: within one month of the first working day. Accident insurance: SVA Aargau offers the simplified procedure plus. You must choose it explicitly when you register.

What does SVA Aargau cost?

Admin fee: 3 % of the AHV/IV/EO contributions. On CHF 10,000 annual wage that is about CHF 31.80 a year.

Does my household worker in Aargau have to declare the wage on her tax return?

No. According to SVA Aargau, the source tax settles the tax on this wage for good. Your employee attaches the certificate that SVA Aargau sends her to her tax return.

What do I need for the Aargau online registration?

Your IBAN with the bank name and account holder, plus your employee's AHV number and date of birth. The form does not ask for your own AHV number. You can save and continue later.

Is there a discount in Aargau for filing the wage declaration online?

SVA Aargau publishes none. The administration fee rate depends on the payroll, not on how you file. connect mainly saves you time.