Member companies
Around 800 member companies benefit from a balanced and transparent price-performance ratio - and actively promote the interests of the industry. With their commitment, they make a valuable contribution to strengthening Switzerland as a business location.
Your advantage
Free individual membership
Employees of member companies can - if they meet the membership requirements - be listed as individual expert or specialist employee members of EXPERTsuisse free of charge. There are numerous advantages associated with this: Among other things, you benefit from free participation in the EXPERTsuisse annual conference, a free subscription to EXPERT FOCUS, access to the comprehensive specialist library and attractive discounts from industry partners.
The costs for these individual memberships are already included in the company fee. The calculation is based on the imputed number of experts and the total number of employees.
E-core publications included
Membership of EXPERTsuisse includes access to all current core publications in digital form. The supervisor of the respective company has access to this content and can make it available to employees. This means that all employees benefit from a broad selection of central specialist resources, including the Swiss Auditing Standards, the Standard on Limited Auditing, the Swiss Auditing Guidelines, the Swiss Guidelines on Quality Assurance in Auditing, the digitally available volumes of the Swiss Handbook of Auditing (HWP) and the current Fiduciary Almanac.
Use of quality label
By becoming a member of EXPERTsuisse, companies make a visible commitment to quality and professionalism. You are entitled to use the "EXPERTsuisse Certified Company" quality label in German, French or Italian and thus clearly position yourself as a quality-oriented company.
Advocacy
EXPERTsuisse is committed to representing the interests of its members in order to create optimal framework conditions for them and to strengthen their interests in the long term. Members can actively participate in the specialist and management committees of EXPERTsuisse and thus help shape the further development of the industry.
Promoting young talent and education
Specialist employee and expert individual members who work in a member company benefit from exclusive discounts on selected training and further education courses. This includes a 10% discount on training courses for certified auditors and certified tax experts as well as price reductions for EXPERTsuisse continuing education events of CHF 100 per seminar day or CHF 50 per half-day seminar.
Marketing support
EXPERTsuisse provides member companies with targeted marketing and communication support. With the "EXPERTsuisse Certified Company" quality label - available in German, French or Italian - companies clearly position themselves as quality-oriented market players. The label creates a clear distinction from non-member companies and individual members without association affiliation and at the same time strengthens the credibility and reputation of EXPERTsuisse members on the market.
Membership requirements
Permitted legal forms and activities
Sole proprietorships, partnerships and legal entities entered in the commercial register whose business activities are essentially in the areas of auditing, tax consultancy, fiduciary/commercial consultancy or bookkeeping/accounting.
Management with expert input
At least one third of the company's management - including the Executive Board and Board of Directors - consists of recognized individual experts. At least one such member must be represented on both the supreme supervisory body and the executive body.
Professional liability insurance
The company has professional liability insurance with appropriate cover of at least CHF 500,000.
Adequate number of responsible experts
The company employs - in accordance with its size - an appropriate number of individual experts with signing authority who are entered in the commercial register.
This requirement is not deemed to be met if more than six employees are assigned to a responsible expert in the areas of auditing, taxes and fiduciary services. This does not include secretarial staff or apprentices.
Admission for auditing
Companies that carry out auditing activities must be licensed as audit experts or as state-supervised audit firms.
Other admission options: Organizations under public law
Independent organizations under public law may also be admitted as member companies, provided they are licensed as audit experts in accordance with the Auditor Oversight Act or are considered state-regulated audit companies.
What you should know
EXPERTsuisse provides its member companies with information on current developments in the association, the industry and the political environment free of charge.
In cooperation with various industry partners, EXPERTsuisse offers its members exclusive benefits, including discounts on software solutions, insurance, vehicles and other services. In addition, member companies benefit from attractive conditions when renting seminar and meeting rooms on the EXPERTsuisse campus. The centrally located, modern premises in Zurich can be flexibly adapted to different requirements thanks to their modular design.
Please note that: The termination of an employment relationship with a member company of EXPERTsuisse does not automatically lead to the termination of your personal individual membership. This will remain in place regardless of this.