Commercial lease: use, VAT and transfer
A lease of business premises brings its own rules: six months' notice, no cap on the deposit, the clause pack of the use, VAT per lease and the transfer to a successor under Art. 263 CO. ImmoFlow sets the defaults on creation and lets you change everything.
Choose "Commercial" at the top of the new lease. ImmoFlow sets six months' notice (Art. 266d CO), proposes the usual term of the use (hospitality ten years) and applies no three-rent cap to the deposit (Art. 257e CO covers residential premises). Every default stays editable.
Record the use (office, shop, hospitality, practice, workshop, storage, studio, other) and the purpose. The use determines the clause pack of the contract (duty to operate, protection from competition, emissions, fit-out and reinstatement, permits, hospitality or practice licence, subletting, insurance) and the permit on the checklist; hospitality charges the ancillary costs grease separator and ventilation.
VAT: the lease is the rule, the unit the default. Only opted leases are billed with 8.1 %, on the invoice and the QR bill; the owner statement shows the tax, the VAT return takes it over. A practice cannot be opted (Art. 22 VAT Act); ImmoFlow explains why.
Record the options (for example 2 x 5 years) right away; they need an end date. On the lease the "Commercial" card shows the move-in checklist (permit, proof of insurance, fit-out acceptance) as next steps; on the contract card you deselect single clauses of the pack and generate the contract.
Transfer (Art. 263 CO): the tenant requests it in the portal or you record it on the "Commercial" card with the successor and the date. With the owner's recorded consent the successor holds the lease from the transfer date, invoices go to them, the amendment "Transfer" is under Documents, and the former tenant remains jointly liable until the earlier of the end of the lease and two years. You may refuse for good cause only.