Subsidy guideline for energy costs subsidy 1 – Q4 2022 and details on the lump-sum energy costs subsidy have been announced

Already at the beginning of the year, the National Council resolved to extend energy costs subsidy 1, which was originally planned to run until September 2022. Now the guideline has been published just in time for the start of the application period on 17 April 2023. More details have also been announced with regard to […]

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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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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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New extension of deadline for shareholder meetings and financial statements

On 19 May 2022, the Austrian Parliament resolved to again extend the deadlines for the preparation, adoption, and disclosure of financial statements, as well as for the holding of annual general meetings. We provide an overview of the current changes below: Preparation and disclosure of financial statements Hitherto, the following rule applied: If the preparation […]

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Quota system: Extended deadline for tax returns 2020

Tax returns (e.g. individual and corporate income tax returns or annual VAT returns) generally have to be submitted by 30 June of the following year (if submitted electronically). The tax authority may extend the deadline for submission of tax returns on a case-by-case basis (discretionary decision) following a substantiated request (individual extension of submission deadline). If […]

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Revenue shortfall bonus III

The revenue shortfall bonus (“RSB”) is familiar subsidy that has been extended for a second time. The Ordinance on the Revenue Shortfall Bonus III was published in the Austrian Federal Law Gazette on 2 December 2021. In the following entry, we provide information on the most important points (last updated 7 February 2022): General requirements […]

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Lockdown: Extension of compensation for lost revenues

Due to the Austrian COVID-19 Prevention Measures Ordinance, in place since the beginning of November 2020, certain sectors in Austria are again subject to restrictions. To provide those affected with support as quickly and directly as possible, the Austrian Federal Government has introduced compensation for revenues which were lost due to the lockdown as an immediate […]

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