Save on taxes with deductions: the most important deductions for self-employed people

Every year, many self-employed people forget about legitimate deductions simply because they don’t know what is deductible. Here are the most important deductions:

• Advertising and acquisition costs: website, business cards, stationery, LinkedIn Ads
• Further training: seminars, conferences
• Travel expenses: public transportation tickets, vehicle costs, accommodation costs
• Home office and infrastructure: rent, electricity, cleaning costs
• Work equipment: laptop, desktop, software, specialist literature
• Communication and tools: cell phone, internet, Zoom subscriptions, hosting
• Contributions to AHV, IV, EO, ALV, loss of earnings insurance
• Contributions to the 2nd and 3rd pillars
• Depreciation

Unlike for employees, these items are not listed on the tax return itself but are deducted from turnover in the accounting or in the corresponding supplementary sheet, so that only the net profit appears on the tax return.