Canton of Basel-StadtIs your cleaner in Basel correctly registered?
Not a paid placement, not a partnership.
Set hours and wage. Cost, procedure and insurance appear instantly.
Responsible office
AK Basel-Stadt
by post · AK Basel-Stadt
Your procedure
Simplified procedure
One statement per year · 5% withholding tax included.
Accident insurance
Your cost per month
≈ CHF 16'384.08 / year
What Clino does for you
Three questions that only come up later
She has health insurance. If something happens, she is covered.
Accidents at work are not her health insurer's business. They fall under accident insurance, which you as the employer have to take out: from the first hour for occupational accidents, and from 8 hours a week for her free time as well. If she is not insured, the Ersatzkasse UVG steps in for your cleaner and bills you for up to 5 years of premiums. Whether cover applies retroactively is handled differently by each insurer: register before she comes for the first time.
With ClinoAccident insurance is included in the simplified procedure plus, via AK Basel-Stadt. Clino shows you where to tick the box.
She has a permit B. Taxes are her business, aren't they?
No, yours. In the simplified procedure you deduct 5 % withholding tax from the gross wage and pass it on to the compensation office with the annual wage declaration, whatever her permit, even with a permit C or a Swiss passport. As the employer, you are liable for this tax. Your cleaner receives a certificate from the office for her tax return.
With ClinoThe 5 % appear on every payslip; they go to AK Basel-Stadt with the annual declaration.
She also cleans for three other families. Surely someone has registered her already.
Each household is its own employer: its own registration, its own payslip, its own accident cover. An invoice does not make anyone self-employed; the compensation office decides that, not the paperwork. Without registration, your cleaner builds up no AHV years; an estimated 73'000 women in Switzerland are in this situation.
With ClinoYou register your household, in 5 minutes. What the other families do remains their duty.
Sources: UVV Art. 13 · Art. 95 UVG, Ersatzkasse UVG (written reply, August 2026) · AHV info sheet 2.07 · AHVG Art. 12 · Clino studies «Wer putzt die 10-Millionen-Schweiz» and «AHV-Rentenlücke Haushaltshilfen»
Short and honest
Do I really have to register her? She only comes every two weeks.
Yes, from the first franc.
There is no minimum threshold in a private household, not even during the trial period. The only exception: at most CHF 750 in wages per year, up to and including the year your cleaner turns 25.
What does it cost me in the end, all in?
Hourly wage plus roughly 18 percent. Plus CHF 19.90 for Clino.
FAK rate in the canton of Basel-Stadt: 1.65 %. Add 8.33 % holiday supplement and your contributions for AHV, IV, EO, ALV and occupational accident insurance. The calculator above shows the exact amount.
Go to the cost calculatorHow long does it take?
5 minutes, once. Then once a year.
The registration goes to AK Basel-Stadt, by post, within one month of the first working day. You may pay wages before that. Then, by 30 January, you declare the previous year's wages. Clino pre-fills, you sign and send.
And what if I just leave it?
Inspections are rare. You pay anyway.
In 2025 there were 239 inspections of private households in the whole of Switzerland. It gets expensive even without an inspection: if your cleaner falls off a ladder, the Ersatzkasse UVG pays her benefits and bills you for up to 5 years of missed premiums. AHV also claims contributions back for 5 years, plus a fine of up to CHF 10'000.
Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt, schriftliche Auskunft vom 7.8.2026 Sources: AHV info sheets 2.06 and 2.07, SECO report on the Federal Act against Undeclared Work 2025, Ersatzkasse UVG (written reply, August 2026). 2026 contribution rates last checked on . Sources and methodology
Canton of Basel-StadtEvery municipality, one office: Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt.
Register in Basel-StadtBasel-Stadt authorityThe responsible authority is Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt. In Basel-Stadt you register by post, with no online portal.
You register by post with Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt. One letter, once a year.
Collects AHV, IV, EO, ALV and family allowances for private-household employers in Canton Basel-Stadt. You declare wages once a year in writing.
Open websiteDownload the form from the AK website, fill it in and send it by post or email to Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt.
Registration formClino walks you through each step with screenshots and pre-fills the wage fields from your monthly payroll.
Rates and registration route last checked on July 17, 2026.
Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt uses its own registration form or portal, the direct link is in the card above.
The simplified procedure plus (accident insurance included) is offered, but you must actively request it; it is never automatic.
Register: within one month of the first working day. Annual wage declaration: by 30 January for the previous year.
The confirmation with your settlement number arrives by post, usually within a few weeks. You may already pay wages in the meantime.
In the Basel form (behind a captcha): answer the UVG question «no» first, then «yes» to the follow-up question. That is how VAVplus is activated (insurance partner: SOLIDA).
Free, no signup, every step, ready to tick off.
Other Basel-Stadt offices (only if relevant to your situation)
Basel-Stadt Office of Economy and Labour. Undeclared-work checks are more active here than the national average, due to the high density of private households.
Basel-Stadt Tax Administration. In the simplified procedure no wage certificate is needed: the Basel-Stadt AVS fund posts the tax statement straight to the employee after the wage declaration.
Official cantonal portal, with an overview of all administrative services.
Three-country cornerBasel-Stadt borders Germany and France, and many cleaners live on the other side of the border. What determines the right procedure is your cleaner's country of residence, not her passport.
The normal case: registration under the simplified procedure (VAVplus). Since 2025, accident insurance runs via the partner SOLIDA and is billed directly by the compensation office, no separate policy needed.
If your cleaner commutes in from Germany, registration with a G permit runs normally through the simplified procedure. Clino guides you through it step by step.
If an employee lives in France, the simplified procedure is not available with the Basel-Stadt fund (double-taxation treaty). The ordinary procedure applies instead, and Clino guides you through that too.
Good to know for the France case: Basel-Stadt is one of the 1983 accord cantons: if your cleaner lives in France (G permit), no Swiss source tax is withheld, the wage is taxed in France. Once a year you need form 2041-AS.
Paying less risks fines under the federal anti-undeclared-work law.
SourceCheck the G permit and report withholding tax correctly.
Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt charges an administrative fee of 5.00% of the AHV/IV/EO contributions (AHVV Art. 157, capped at 5%). Expressed against the gross wage that is 0.53%.
What you have to research, word and keep track of yourself, and what Clino handles for you.
Preconfigured for Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt and Basel-Stadt rates, not a generic solution.
Been at it for a while?
If you register yourself, you pay the AHV contributions for the past years, at most 5 years, plus 5 % default interest. Clino issues the contract and registration from today; the past is something you discuss with the compensation office, and we help you with the wording via WhatsApp.
Four small tools, no signup, pre-loaded with Basel-Stadt rates.
Basel-Stadt is one of the eight accord cantons: if your household help lives in France (G permit), NO Swiss source tax is withheld, she is taxed in France. Clino prepares the AHV registration, accident insurance and the monthly payslip on the ordinary procedure. All you need, once a year, is form 2041-AS.
Clino knows the rules, rates and compensation office of Basel-Stadt in detail, so you don't have to deal with any of it.
Registration directly with Ausgleichskasse Basel-Stadt, the competent body for Basel-Stadt.
Basel-Stadt's family-allowance rate, child benefits and minimum wage are built in.
AHV, UI and accident insurance (VAVplus) run through a single procedure.
Rates verified on July 17, 2026 · 2026 tariffs
Whoever you employ at home. Clino prepares the registration and the insurance and runs payroll, all for in Basel-Stadt.
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Through the lohnmeldung.ak-bs.ch portal of the Basel-Stadt compensation office. Clino prepares all forms, you upload them directly. AK Basel-Stadt confirms registration within days.
The family allowance contribution (FAK) is 1.65% of gross wages in the Canton of Basel-Stadt, paid solely by the employer. Clino calculates this automatically.
The average is CHF 28–31/hour (gross). Note: Basel-Stadt has a cantonal minimum wage of CHF 22.20/hour, legally binding for all employment relationships in the canton.
CHF 275 per child per month (child allowance), CHF 325 per child per month (education allowance from age 16). Paid through AK Basel-Stadt.
In the Canton of Basel-Stadt, AHV, ALV, withholding tax and UVG are settled together through AK Basel-Stadt. Applies to wages up to CHF 22,680 per year per employer.
Undeclared work is actively prosecuted in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Fines up to CHF 10,000 plus back-payment of all social insurance contributions, retroactively up to 5 years.
CHF 19.90 per month: flat rate. First 30 days free. Cancel monthly.
You register as an employer with AK Basel-Stadt (the responsible compensation office) and add your cleaner with her AHV number (756.…). Under the simplified procedure (VAVplus) one filing per year is enough. Clino prepares the AHV registration for Basel-Stadt and guides you step by step.
Registration itself is free. Only the social contributions apply: AHV/IV/EO 10.6% and ALV 2.2% (split in half), plus the cantonal FAK contribution (employer only) and UVG. Clino calculates all Basel-Stadt rates automatically.
In a private household, AHV registration is mandatory from the first franc – across Switzerland, including in Basel-Stadt. Only wages of employees under 25, up to CHF 750/year, stay exempt on request.
These days are assimilated to Sundays (Art. 20a Labour Act). Only 1 August is paid by federal law, whether other holidays are paid depends on the contract or the NAV. Source: SECO, as of 12.12.2024.
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