3 - From Corporate to Portfolio - One Woman's Reinvention with Xenia Tao

What happens to your tax situation, pension contributions, and social security when you leave a corporate career and go independent in Switzerland? In this episode of Tax and the City, Julia Tatje sits down with Xenia, a former global banking executive who spent 18 years in Zurich, to talk about what career reinvention actually looks like on paper - and why getting the structure right is what gives you the freedom to focus on the work itself. Topics covered include self-employment in Switzerland, managing multiple income streams compliantly, the difference between genuine self-employment and Scheinselbstständigkeit, social security obligations for independent professionals, pension planning outside a single employer, and how the right advisor reduces cognitive load, not just paperwork. Julia Tatje is the founder of taxum AG, a personal tax boutique in Zurich specialising in complex and cross-border tax situations for internationally mobile professionals. Xenia is a former banking executive turned independent professional, and living proof that reinvention is possible and manageable. For informational purposes only. Not legal or tax advice. Consult a qualified professional.