Compensation office · St. Gallen

SVA St. Gallen

The compensation office for households in St. Gallen

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

Contact

Address: SVA St. Gallen
Brauerstrasse 54, 9016 St. Gallen
Phone: +41 71 282 66 33
Contact form: form.svasg.ch/prod_formserver_SG_SVA/start.do?generalid=SVA_ANF_KONTA
Website: www.svasg.ch
Online portal: AHVeasy

How to register

SVA St. Gallen uses the federal form 318.147. You fill it in online. At the end, SVA St. Gallen must be selected as the recipient.

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 St. Gallen offers the simplified procedure plus. You must choose it explicitly when you register.

What the office costs

Admin fee: 5 % of the AHV/IV/EO contributions.

On CHF 10,000 annual wage that is about CHF 53.00 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: 1.8 % of the wage, paid by you as the employer.
Child allowance: CHF 245 per child and month.
Education allowance: CHF 298 per child and month.

During the year

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

Our experience with SVA St. Gallen

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

Information from the office
No salary certificate, confirmation comes directly
Under the simplified procedure you issue no salary certificate for your employee. She receives a «Bestätigung betr. dem Quellensteuerabzug» (source-tax confirmation) directly from the compensation office and attaches it to her tax return.
Source: Written reply from SVA St. Gallen, 14 September 2026
Form tested
Contact by web form or phone only
SVA St. Gallen has no e-mail address; enquiries go through a five-step contact form. Choose the topic «Beiträge (AHV)». Name, address, phone and e-mail are required fields. Our question was answered in writing by e-mail three days after we sent it.
Source: Clino's own experience with the SVA St. Gallen contact form, 11 to 14 September 2026
Office documents
No confirmation? Payslips are attached instead
The cantonal tax office's guide requires the compensation office's source-tax confirmation to be attached to the tax return. If it is missing, the payslips must be attached instead. So give your employee every payslip.
Source: Kantonales Steueramt St. Gallen, «Wegleitung 2025» (edition 01.26), section 8.1, read on 11 September 2026
Office documents
Paying on time pays off
The leaflet «Verwaltungskostenbeiträge» (Form. 1000) tiers the rate by the sum of contributions and lowers it for wage declarations filed through AHVeasy. If filing or payment repeatedly leads to reminders or debt collection, the SVA raises the rate regardless of the contribution sum.
Source: SVA St. Gallen, leaflet «Verwaltungskostenbeiträge», Form. 1000 01.22 (svasg.ch), read on 8 August 2026

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Frequently asked questions about SVA St. Gallen

How do I contact SVA St. Gallen?

By phone on +41 71 282 66 33, by post to Brauerstrasse 54, 9016 St. Gallen. In writing through the contact form on the office's website.

How do I register my household employee with SVA St. Gallen?

SVA St. Gallen uses the federal form 318.147. You fill it in online. At the end, SVA St. Gallen must be selected as the recipient. Deadline: within one month of the first working day. Accident insurance: SVA St. Gallen offers the simplified procedure plus. You must choose it explicitly when you register.

What does SVA St. Gallen cost?

Admin fee: 5 % of the AHV/IV/EO contributions. On CHF 10,000 annual wage that is about CHF 53.00 a year.

Can I e-mail SVA St. Gallen?

No, SVA St. Gallen has no e-mail address. Write through the contact form on svasg.ch or call. The answer comes by e-mail.

The FAQ on svasg.ch points to salary certificate forms. Do I have to issue one after all?

Not under the simplified procedure. The general employer FAQ does not distinguish between procedures. For the simplified procedure, SVA St. Gallen stated in writing on 14 September 2026 that you issue no salary certificate and your employee receives the confirmation directly.

Is the form «Anmeldung Arbeitgeber/in für Personal im Haushalt» on svasg.ch the right one?

Only for the ordinary procedure. For the simplified procedure with source tax, use the federal online form 318.147. On its last page, SVA St.