Quota system: Extension of submission deadline for 2021 tax returns

29The grace period for taxpayers with tax representation to submit tax returns for 2021 has been extended by the Austrian Ministry of Finance from one month (31 March to 30 April 2023) to six months (30 September 2023). Tax returns (e.g. individual and corporate income tax returns or annual VAT returns) must be submitted by […]

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Austrian Federal Tax Code (FTC) – increase of interest rates

Due to the further increase of the key ECB interest rate by 0.5%, changes to deferral interest, interest for suspension, claim interest (interest for subsequent payments and credits), appeal interest, as well as VAT interest have occurred. The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate effective as of 22 March 2023. Due to the […]

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Austrian Federal Tax Code (BAO) – Increase of Interest Rates

Due to the recent increase of the key ECB interest rate by 0.50%, changes to deferral interest, interest for suspension, claim interest (interest for subsequent payments and credits), appeal interest, as well as VAT interest have occurred. The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate with effect from 2 November 2022. Due to the automatic adjustment, […]

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Austrian Federal Tax Code (BAO) – Increase of Interest Rates

Due to the recent increase of the key ECB interest rate by 0.75%, changes to deferral interest, interest for suspension, claim interest (interest for subsequent payments and credits), appeal interest, as well as VAT interest have occurred. The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate with effect from 2 November 2022. Due to the automatic […]

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Quota system: New extension of deadline for tax returns for 2020

As previously reported in our Tax Newsletter of 14 June 2022, the grace period for the submission of tax returns for 2020 for taxpayers with tax representatives was initially extended by three months (from 31 March 2022) to 30 June 2022 and then again to 30 September 2022. The Austrian Ministry of Finance (BMF) has […]

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Austrian Federal Tax Code (BAO) – Increase of Interest Rates

Due to the increase of the key ECB interest rate by 0.75%, changes to deferral interest, interest for suspension, claim interest (interest for subsequent payments and credits), appeal interest, as well as VAT interest have occurred. The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate with effect from 14 September 2022. Due to the automatic adjustment, […]

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COVID-19 phased payment plans: Ordinance on phase 2 – evidence of ability to pay

The Austrian Minister of Finance has issued an Ordinance regarding the formal requirements for evidence of the ability to pay in connection with applications for phase°2 of the COVID-19 phased payment plan. The ordinance entered into force on 1 August 2022. To mitigate the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Austrian Federal Fiscal Code (BAO) […]

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Increase of interest rates in the Austrian Federal Tax Code (BAO)

Due to the increase of the key ECB interest rate by 0.5%, changes to deferral interest, interest for suspension, claim interest (interest for subsequent payments and credits), appeal interest, as well as VAT interest have occurred. The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate with effect from 27 July 2022. Due to the automatic adjustment, […]

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Quota system: New extension of deadline for tax returns for 2020

As previously reported in our Tax Newsletter of 16 March 2022, the grace period for the submission of tax returns for 2020 for taxpayers with tax representatives was initially extended by three months (from 31 March 2022) to 30 June 2022. The Austrian Ministry of Finance (BMF) has now extended this period by a further three months […]

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Rising energy costs: Reduction prepayments of individual and corporate income tax

Austrian companies currently face rising energy costs, which may also impact their liquidity in the short term. For this reason, the Austrian Ministry of Finance (“BMF”) stated on 1 April 2022 that it will be possible to simplified reduce prepayments of individual and corporate income tax in administrative terms. The taxpayer must be able to credibly […]

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