VAT Lawyer

Bern, Switzerland (and home office) | 80-100%

What you can contribute

• Drafting decisions and decisions on complaints in German
• Conducting appeal proceedings before the Federal Administrative Court and the Federal Supreme Court
• Conducting comparative law research (foreign VAT regimes) and handling legal issues in fields other than tax law (civil law, criminal law, procedural and enforcement law)
• Responding to written requests from taxable persons and organizing interviews with them and their representatives
• Collaborating within various internal working groups

What makes you unique

• University degree in law (Master of Law) and, ideally, bar admission or several years of professional experience
• Solid legal knowledge, particularly in Swiss administrative and tax law
• Excellent writing skills and communication sense
• Quick-wittedness, autonomy and efficiency
• Very good knowledge of a second official language and English

In a few words

Methodical and efficient, you participate in the correct implementation of the law governing VAT.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success of the Swiss model and to the well-being of the population.
• Diversity in everyday life We ensure equal opportunities, which allows us to deploy our skills and express different points of view.
• Health at work We assist and advise our employees on all issues related to physical or mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/fr/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

Contribute!

The Federal Tax Competence Centre, the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) collects the majority of the Confederation's revenue. Its scope of activity encompasses VAT, direct federal tax, withholding tax and stamp duties. Furthermore, its tasks consist in particular of ensuring adequate application of tax law, developing the tax system and participating in the processing of international tax issues.

FTA employees greatly appreciate being able to evolve professionally and to reconcile family and professional life.

Additional information

Please apply via our candidate management system. To do so, please click on << To apply >>.

Questions about the position

Alexander Sidler
Team Leader
+41 58 46 57255

Questions about the application

Martina Scheidegger
HR Advisor
+41 58 46 57705