Professional trader status with multiple accounts

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You may check these 2 helpful posts from @balmung regarding investing through a GmbH

Small family office

Setting up the company is straightforward. In Zug the company will be taxed at about 12% if the planned Tax Reform III is ever going to be approved. There are a few little tax tricks for companies, like special provisions, but it’s peanuts. Things you need to be aware: If you manage your own and your family money, you should be exempt from Anti Money Laundering Law (GeldWaschereiGesetz). Otherwise it’s a pain and this is very serious stuff, you need to register with a SRO (e.g. VQF) get aud…

Small family office

Regarding company overhead expenses it depends a lot from what is going on in the company and from the provider (there are cheaper and gold plated). You’ll have: cost of keeping accounts cost of preparing annual tax declaration calculating salary and handle AHV payments then potentially VAT, Stamp Duty compliance If you want my guess for all of the above excluding Stamp Duty (which you could do yourself) it would be 3-5k CHF depending on provider and number of transactions/billings. If yo…

The GmbH has to be alimented with CHF 20 000. This is your trading money and will remain in the company.

Additionally, you will have to understand and follow the corporate rules of a GmbH (annual meeting with yourself etc.). This is not complicated, but crucial.

This link (in german, google translate should work) can give you an overview.

GmbH: Haftung, Stammkapital, Gründung