Compensation office · Zurich

SVA Zürich

The compensation office for households in Zurich

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

Contact

Address: SVA Zürich
Röntgenstrasse 17, 8087 Zürich
Phone: +41 44 448 50 00
Email: info@svazurich.ch
Website: www.svazurich.ch
Online portal: AHVeasy

How to register

SVA Zürich uses the federal form 318.147. You fill it in online. At the end, SVA Zürich 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 Zürich 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: 1.025 % of the wage, paid by you as the employer.
Child allowance: CHF 215 per child and month, from age 12 CHF 268.
Education allowance: CHF 268 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 Zürich

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
Register within 30 days, one form is enough
SVA Zürich confirms: for the simplified procedure Plus, the registration form is enough and no further applications are needed. Registration must in principle happen within 30 days of the start of employment. The accident insurance then runs through Solida.
Source: Written reply from SVA Zürich, 13.8.2026
Information from the office
When a condition is no longer met
If a condition of the simplified procedure is no longer met, SVA Zürich reverses the year into the ordinary procedure. You then issue your employee a salary certificate and refund the withholding tax that was deducted. It is up to you to tell her about the change.
Source: Written reply from SVA Zürich, 13.8.2026
Office documents
No salary certificate, but the address matters
In the simplified procedure, SVA Zürich automatically sends your employee a tax certificate. You do not need the salary certificate on the SVA forms page: it is labelled «nur bei Standard-Abrechnung ausfüllen». The wage declaration asks for your employee's address because the SVA sends her the certificate directly.
Source: «Formulare und Merkblätter» page on svazurich.ch, read 8.8.2026; written reply from SVA Zürich, 13.8.2026
In practice
Above the wage limit there is no VAVplus
A Clino customer above the wage limit looked for a VAVplus option in the standard form. It does not exist there: according to SVA Zürich, VAVplus is only possible with the simplified procedure with tax deduction. In the «Standard-Abrechnung» you name your accident insurer, so the policy must exist before you register.
Source: Case of a Clino customer, July 2026; «Arbeitgeber werden» page on svazurich.ch, read 14.7.2026
Office documents
AHVeasy no longer lowers the fee
Up to and including 2025, the administrative fee was lower for households too when they filed through AHVeasy. From contribution year 2026, both tariffs are the same in the bracket where households sit. Older sources therefore show a discount for Zurich that no longer exists.
Source: SVA Zürich leaflet «Verwaltungskostenbeiträge ab 2026» (V 09.2025), svazurich.ch, read 8.8.2026

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Frequently asked questions about SVA Zürich

How do I contact SVA Zürich?

By phone on +41 44 448 50 00, by post to Röntgenstrasse 17, 8087 Zürich. By email to info@svazurich.ch.

How do I register my household employee with SVA Zürich?

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

What does SVA Zürich cost?

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

Do I have to issue my household helper in Zurich a salary certificate?

Not in the simplified procedure. SVA Zürich automatically sends your employee a tax certificate. You only issue a salary certificate in the «Standard-Abrechnung», or if the SVA moves a year back into the ordinary procedure.

Does SVA Zürich check the wage limit at registration or at year end?

Both. At registration, your answer in the form counts: if you state that you are above the limit, the application is refused. Afterwards, the SVA decides whether the year stays in the simplified procedure based on the actual gross wage in the wage declaration.

Do I save fees in Zurich if I report wages through AHVeasy?

Not as a household: since contribution year 2026, the administrative fee in your bracket is the same with or without AHVeasy. The wage declaration is due by 30 January and can still be filed on paper.