Harun Can

Harun Can is managing partner of SwissVAT, a firm specialising in Swiss and international VAT. His work covers VAT audits and appeal proceedings. He also founded and leads mwstnetzwerk, a network of VAT specialists that holds a one-day seminar each year.

Before SwissVAT he was for many years a tax partner at a large Swiss law firm. He is a lawyer with a lic. iur. from the University of St. Gallen and an LL.M. in tax from the London School of Economics, and he is a Swiss certified tax expert and VAT expert. He also serves as a substitute judge at the tax appeals court of the Canton of Zurich.

His articles on VAT have covered M&A transactions, what happens after a VAT audit, the VAT exemption for insurance and proof requirements for services to foreign recipients. Chambers Europe 2026 features him for indirect tax in Switzerland.