Terms of Use

Last update: May 1 2026

SUMMARY

These Terms outline the rules applicable when you visit our website, access any of our services (including free services), or engage with our offerings.

These rules specify permissible and prohibited actions, define our responsibilities, and explain our business processes.

Unless you enter into a more specific agreement with us these Terms will govern your engagement with our website and any interaction with our general service offering. Where a signed Service Agreement exists, its terms take precedence over these Terms on commercial and operational matters.

It is important that you read these rules thoroughly. If you do not agree with them, you should refrain from visiting our website or accessing any of our services.

Below is a summary of our most important rules, which are further detailed in the full terms.

Are there age restrictions for using our website and services?
Yes, you need to be at least 18 years old to use our Sites. If you're under 18, you must have permission from a parent or guardian.

What rules do I need to follow on the Sites?
You agree not to harm, stalk, defame, or harass anyone. Don’t post anything inappropriate or illegal, send spam, or upload harmful files. Respect others' intellectual property rights and follow all laws.

Do you collect personal information?
Yes, in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which you can read here.

Can I share your Content?
Yes, you can share our Content for personal use. Just link back to our Site or social media and give us credit. Don’t claim our Content as your own.

Can I share materials I got from you with third persons?
Absolutely not without our permission. We retain copyright over these materials, even if you paid for the service.

How can I book your Services?
You can enquire through our website, by email, or via social media. Professional services commence only after an Agreement and a signed Annex “A” (Service and Commercial Terms) are in place and the applicable payment has been received.

How are disputes resolved?
We encourage direct communication first. If we cannot resolve the matter amicably, disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Schwyz, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, and are governed by Swiss law.

Complaints or Questions?
You can email us at privacy@bb-taxsolutions.ch or message us on social media. We aim to respond as soon as we can during our working hours: Monday-Friday (9:00-17:00 CET)

FULL TERMS OF USE / TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF

BARBARA BOGAERT – BB-TAX SOLUTIONS

Please take the time to read these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) before using, visiting, viewing, purchasing from, or accessing our website, sub-domains, affiliated sites, and BB Tax Solutions’s accounts on LinkedIn (“Site” / “Sites”).

The Sites and all audio, visual, and written resources and information contained therein, including but not limited to blog posts, designs, documents, emails received from BB Tax Solutions / Barbara Bogaert, email lists and sequences, professional publications, templates, forms, guides, website materials, and tools (“Contents and/or Services”), are owned by Barbara Bogaert (“We”, “Us”, “Our”).

These Terms apply to all users, visitors, viewers, subscribers, clients, and/or customers of our Sites (“User”, “You”, “Your”) and govern your use of, access to, and/or engagement with our Sites.

YOUR CONSENT

By using, visiting, viewing, downloading, purchasing, and/or accessing our Contents and/or Services, you consent to and agree to be bound by these Terms.

You further warrant and acknowledge that you have read these Terms, or at the very least, had the opportunity to read them and chose not to do so.

You represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age. If you are under 18 years of age, you may only access, view, or purchase anything from our Sites with the consent of your parent or guardian.

If you do not agree to all of these Terms, you are prohibited from using, visiting, viewing, downloading, purchasing, or accessing any of our Contents and/or Services.

RULES THAT APPLY TO OUR SITES

When you use, visit, view, download, purchase from, and/or access our Sites, you agree:

Not to harm, stalk, defame, threaten, offend, harass, abuse, or violate the privacy or legal rights of others through or on our Sites.
Not to post, upload, distribute, publish, or disseminate any names, materials, or information that is considered inappropriate, defamatory, obscene, unlawful, or indecent.
Not to use our Site in any way that could cause damage to us, our Site, or any of our users.
Not to send unsolicited emails to our users.
Not to transmit or post unwanted or unsolicited content to promote or sell your products or services.
Not to upload any files that contain viruses or worms that could damage our operations or those of another user.
Not to transmit, share, download, copy, or post any content that infringes on our intellectual property rights or those of other persons.
Not to use any of our Contents and/or Services to violate any laws or regulations.

We reserve the right to disclose any materials you have posted or information you have provided on our Sites to comply with any legal or governmental requests

PERSONAL INFORMATION

To download or purchase our Contents and/or Services, you may be required to provide personal information, including but not limited to your name, email address, billing address, payment details, and other personal information. Any identifiable information you provide is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is accessible here.

Your data protection rights are set out in our Privacy Policy, including your rights to request information/access, correction, and other rights provided by applicable data protection law.

You agree to provide only your own complete, accurate, correct, and up-to-date information.

You shall not create a false identity or sign agreements as someone else when using, visiting, viewing, downloading, purchasing from, or accessing our Sites.

While we strive to protect your personal information, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be entirely secure. You acknowledge that we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit via the internet and accept the risk associated with sharing personal information online.

DISCLAIMERS

The nature of our Content and Site

This Site is the professional website of Barbara Bogaert, trading as BB Coaching and Consultancy by Barbara Bogaert, a Swiss-based independent tax consultant.

The Site contains general information about Barbara Bogaert’s professional background, services, and areas of expertise. General information published on this Site is not a substitute for professional tax advice and is not intended as such.

Reading content on this Site does not create a professional engagement, an adviser-client relationship, or any obligation on the part of Barbara Bogaert to provide services.

Accuracy of our Site Content

While reasonable care is taken to ensure that information published on this Site is accurate at the time of publication, no warranty is given as to its completeness, accuracy, currency, or suitability for any particular purpose. Tax law changes frequently. Content on this Site may not reflect the most current legal or regulatory position.

Barbara Bogaert accepts no responsibility for loss or damage arising from reliance on general information published on this Site outside the context of a professional engagement.

Nature of our Services

Barbara Bogaert provides professional tax consultancy services, including VAT, corporate income tax, tax accounting and provision work, day-to-day tax support, and cross-border tax coordination. These services are provided under written engagement agreements and are professional services governed by Swiss law.

Barbara Bogaert is a tax consultant and her role is limited to coordination, process support, and advisory input for her Clients. Clients remain responsible for any tax position in Switzerland or any relevant foreign jurisdiction and seek external advice when appropriate.

Barbara Bogaert does not provide legal advice, investment advice, or general financial planning. She is not a lawyer and is not a financial adviser. For legal matters, clients should consult qualified legal counsel. For investment or financial planning matters, clients should consult a qualified financial adviser.

We do not guarantee specific Results

No guarantee is given as to specific tax outcomes, tax savings, favourable rulings, or the absence of challenge, reassessment, or penalty by any tax authority.

Tax outcomes depend on individual facts, applicable law at the relevant time, the positions taken by tax authorities, and circumstances outside Barbara Bogaert’s control. General information on this Site reflects the law and practice as understood at the time of publication and may not reflect subsequent changes in law or authority guidance.

Any professional tax advice provided under a signed engagement agreement is specific to the facts, scope, and assumptions of that engagement and should not be applied to different entities, periods, or factual circumstances without separate professional confirmation.

We acknowledge that allowances are made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship, teaching, and research.

All original content on this Site — including text, materials, structure, and design — is the property of Barbara Bogaert / BB Tax Solutions and is protected under applicable copyright law.

You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, or use any content from this Site for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of Barbara Bogaert.

Where this Site references external sources, applicable copyright remains with those sources. Any such reference is for informational purposes only and does not imply endorsement.

AI-Generated Content
Our sites and services may use AI to generate content, including, but not limited to, articles, social media posts, and marketing materials. We strive to ensure that AI-generated content adheres to relevant standards and guidelines, including copyright laws. Each piece undergoes a rigorous review by our team before publication.

When significant, we commit to disclosing the use of AI in content creation, ensuring that users can distinguish between human-created and AI-generated materials.

We encourage users to critically assess and provide feedback on AI-generated content, which helps us maintain and improve our high-quality standards.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Swiss law, Barbara Bogaert excludes liability for any loss or damage arising from reliance on general information published on this Site outside the context of a professional engagement.

This exclusion does not apply to liability for willful misconduct (Absicht) or gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit), or to any liability that cannot be excluded under mandatory Swiss law, including Article 100 of the Swiss Code of Obligations.

Liability in connection with professional services provided under a signed engagement agreement is governed exclusively by that agreement and is not limited or expanded by this Disclaimer.

CANCELLATION OF SESSION

We reserve the right to refuse, modify, or cancel any service, content or output at our discretion. Should this occur, we will notify you using the contact details provided.

We maintain a fifteen-minute waiting policy. If you do not notify us in advance that you will be late, or in the event of a no-show, the session will be deemed forfeited.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Our Site, including all contents, materials, and media used in rendering our Services, as well as all intellectual properties—such as copyrights, trademarks, designs, patents, trade secrets, and proprietary information—accessible on or through our Sites, any third-party websites we use to distribute or host our Sites and/or Services, and emails we send to you, are owned by us and are protected by intellectual property laws.

Our name, course names, service and product names, logos, designs, taglines, and slogans are our trademarks, which you may not use without our written permission.

By using, visiting, viewing, downloading, purchasing, or accessing any of our Content and/or Services, you do not acquire any rights, title, or interest in the aforementioned intellectual properties unless explicitly granted through prior written authorization from us.

Any violation of our intellectual property rights or the terms contained in this provision, including, but not limited to, unauthorized use, reproduction, copying, or dissemination of any of our Contents and/or Services, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

LIMITED RIGHTS GRANTED TO YOU

When you purchase and/or download any of our Content or Services, you are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, and revocable license for personal use only.

Unless expressly authorized, you may not copy, share, forward, distribute, reproduce, republish, or otherwise disseminate; nor may you sell, license, rent, adapt, edit, translate, enhance, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from any of our Content and/or Services. Creating derivative works from the licensed Content and/or Services without prior authorization is strictly prohibited and constitutes a violation of our intellectual property rights.

CONTENT SHARING

You may share our Content found on our Sites without asking permission from us provided that the following terms are complied with:

You may share our content only for personal use, non-commercial use only.
You must provide a direct link to our site or social media account when sharing our content.
You must credit us when sharing our content on your blog, site, social media account, or on a third party's blog, site, or social media accounts.
You may not represent, claim, or imply any association with Barbara Bogaert – BB-Tax Solutions.
You are prohibited from representing or implying that the content is yours or was created for you.

UNAUTHORIZED USE

If you use any of our Contents and/or Services without our express authorization, or in a manner contrary to the authorization granted, you agree to pay liquidated damages in the amount of three (3) times the total fees you paid, or a minimum of Five Thousand Swiss Francs (CHF), whichever is higher. This is in addition to any other remedies to which we may be entitled.

You also agree to indemnify us if, through your act or negligence, another person is able to use, disseminate, distribute, or share our Contents and/or Services in a way that infringes upon our intellectual property rights.

You acknowledge that any actual or threatened violation of our intellectual property rights could cause irreparable harm not adequately compensable by damages alone. We therefore reserve the right to seek injunctive relief before the courts of Schwyz, Switzerland, in addition to any other available remedies.

TERMINATION

In the event that you abuse, breach, or violate any of these Terms, our Privacy Policy, or any other agreements you have entered into with us, we reserve the right to terminate your access to our Sites and/or Services immediately, at our sole discretion, and without prior notice. No refunds will be issued upon such termination.

Furthermore, we will not be liable for any claims, damages, or liabilities that you may incur as a result of or in connection with such termination or discontinuance

MODIFICATION OF SERVICE AND PRICES

We reserve the right to modify the descriptions of our services, adjust pricing, or discontinue any service or any part or content thereof without prior notice to you and at our sole discretion.

We reserve the right to limit the sales of our services to any person, geographic region, or jurisdiction as we deem necessary.

We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any damage, loss, or injury resulting from any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of our services on this Site.

INDEMNIFICATION / HOLD HARMLESS

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Barbara Bogaert – BB Tax Solutions, its affiliates, officers, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, suppliers, and employees from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising from your breach of these Terms, your violation of any law, or your infringement of the rights of a third party.

ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS

We may assign, transfer, and subcontract our rights and/or obligations under these Terms without notifying you or obtaining your consent. You are not permitted to assign, transfer, or subcontract your rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

NON-DISPARAGEMENT

Complaints and Grievances are to be settled under the next Section. You may not post or publish disparaging or defamatory remarks about us, our business, or our services.

COMPLAINTS AND ARBITRATION CLAUSE

If you have any complaints or grievances, please contact us first at barbara@bb-taxsolutions.com so that we can attempt to resolve the matter amicably and to our mutual satisfaction.

If we are unable to resolve the matter amicably, disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms, or any non-contractual claims arising from them, are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Schwyz, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. These Terms and any disputes arising from them are governed by the substantive law of Switzerland, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules.

NO RELATIONSHIP CREATED

By using our Contents and/or Services on this Site, no joint venture, employment, or agency relationship is created between you and us. Nothing in these Terms creates any relationship other than that of independent parties.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding your use of our Sites, Contents, and/or Services. They supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, proposals, and understandings between us relating to that use. Where a signed Tax Consultancy Agreement and Annex “A” exist, those documents constitute the entire agreement on the professional engagement and take precedence over these Terms on commercial and operational matters. These terms, developed for us by Legally She Can, align with the legal frameworks that reflect the guiding principles of our business.

SEVERABILITY

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions, or parts thereof, that are not affected will continue in full force and effect. Any invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable provision will be interpreted or modified so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision, consistent with Article 20(2) of the Swiss Code of Obligations.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We reserve the right to update, replace, or change any part of these Terms without personal notification. It is your responsibility to review these changes. Changes will be published on this Site with an updated “Last Update” date.

Any new content and/or services added to our Sites will be subject to these Terms. By continuing to use and/or purchase from our Site after we post modifications, you are deemed to have accepted the changes.

CONSENT TO GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms and any disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with them — including non-contractual disputes or claims — are governed by the substantive law of Switzerland, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules. The courts of Schwyz, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, have exclusive jurisdiction over any such dispute.

QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS

These Terms were drafted for us by Legally She Can to reflect our commitment to upholding the highest standards in business practices.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact us: barbara@bb-taxsolutions.com