Register a private tutor —
done in 5 minutes.
Your estimated cost
all-in
Assumes CHF 30/h (Swiss avg). Includes gross, AHV contributions & Clino fee.
What does your private tutor really cost?
Gross wage, social contributions and total cost — calculated transparently in seconds.
What Clino prepares for you
Employment contract for tutoring
Legally sound as a PDF — adapted to your canton, for regular tutoring or weekly lessons.
Payslip with no mental arithmetic
Correct every month — AHV, ALV, accident insurance and withholding tax calculated automatically.
AHV forms pre-filled
No paperwork — print, sign, submit. Done.
Accident cover included
Accident insurance calculated correctly — every employee must be insured against accidents, even for lessons taught at home.
Annual report at the touch of a button
Salary certificate and annual statement ready — no year-end stress.
Withholding tax handled
Calculated automatically when required — you never read a tax table.
How it works
Enter the details — 5 minutes
Your tutor's name, address, hourly wage and hours. Clino detects your canton and the responsible compensation office automatically.
Contract & wage — ready instantly
Employment contract for tutoring as a PDF. Each month the correct payslip with AHV, ALV and accident insurance — automatically.
AHV forms — just submit them
All documents pre-filled and print-ready. Sign, send — Clino has done the rest.
Why you must register your private tutor
If you regularly employ a private tutor and pay them directly, you are the employer — and you must account for AHV/IV/EO, ALV and accident insurance from the very first franc of wages. Teaching isn't classic domestic work like cleaning or gardening; what matters is whether the tutor is recognised as self-employed — if they aren't, the duty to settle contributions falls to you.
Exception: if the tutor is self-employed or works through a tutoring agency that invoices you, they settle their own contributions — then you have nothing to register. But if you pay someone directly and regularly and they are not recognised as self-employed, you are the employer — and you carry the responsibility.
With the simplified procedure, withholding tax and social contributions are settled together — no separate tax deduction needed.
Our daughter has maths tutoring twice a week. I had no idea I had to register her tutor — with Clino it was done in one evening.
— S. Frei, Bern
Common questions about registering a private tutor
Do I have to register my private tutor with the AHV?
Yes, if you employ and pay them directly and they are not recognised as self-employed — then you owe AHV from the first franc. For very small, occasional amounts special low-wage rules can apply, but regular tutoring quickly exceeds them. When in doubt, register.
What if the tutor is self-employed or works through an agency?
If a tutor recognised as self-employed or a tutoring agency invoices you, they settle their own contributions. In that case you have nothing to register.
What does registering via Clino cost?
CHF 19.90 per month — a flat fee, no matter how many hours your tutor teaches. The first 30 days are free.
My tutor teaches several families — is she self-employed?
Not automatically. Someone who works for several families is still an employee — of each family separately. Only an official self-employed status granted by the compensation office changes that.
Do I need to think about accident insurance?
Yes. Every employee must be insured against accidents — that applies to a tutor teaching at home too. With Clino the accident insurance is calculated and documented automatically.
Trying costs nothing.
Contract and payslip for your private tutor in 5 minutes — 30 days free, no charge before day 30. Not a fit? Delete the account, done.
Register a private tutor — 30 days freeNo charge before day 30 • CHF 19.90/month afterwards