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How to withdraw my pillar 3a to start my business?
How to withdraw my pillar 3a to start my business?

If you are about to set up your own business, you may exceptionally withdraw funds from your pillar 3a.

Laurène Soubrier avatar
Written by Laurène Soubrier
Updated over 6 months ago

Are you starting your own business and want to withdraw funds from your pillar 3a account?

Our partner VZ needs a special form to process your pillar 3a withdrawal.

Here's how to do it:

  1. Download this document (only available in German), fill it out, print it and sign it by hand.

  2. Obtain a certificate of civil status (in German: amtlicher Zivilstandsnachweis) (less than 3 months old) from the civil status office and a certificate from the AVS compensation fund.

  3. Send the documents (the form needs to be original, the other documents can be copies) to the following address:

    VZ Vorsorgestiftung 3a

    Stiftungsadministration / TAS

    Gotthardstrasse 6

    8002 Zürich

As soon as VZ has received the documents, you will receive a confirmation from us.

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