### Question
How does PART 509—SWITZERLAND define permanent establishment?


### Answer
Under *26 CFR § 509.101*, **permanent establishment** is defined as:

> a branch, office, factory, workshop, warehouse or other fixed place of business, but does not include the casual and temporary use of merely storage facilities, nor does it include an agency unless the agent has and habitually exercises a general authority to negotiate and conclude contracts on behalf of an enterprise or has a stock of merchandise from which he regularly fills orders on its behalf

#### Citation:
  - *26 CFR § 509.101*
  - Heading: **Title 26—Internal Revenue > PART 509—SWITZERLAND > CHAPTER I—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)**

