31.07.2023

New Express Reply Service ruling (EAS): Austrian Ministry of Finance (BMF) denies home office PE if the employer does not require the use of the home office

Recently, the BMF published a new EAS ruling 3445 in which it denied the qualification of a home office as a permanent establishment (PE) because working in the home office was not required by the employer. Circumstances A person residing in Austria is employed at a German-based managing holding company’s accounting department. The person permanently […]

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05.10.2022

New VwGH case law on the PE definition in tax treaty law

A new decision of the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court (VwGH) (22.6.2022, Ro 2020/13/0004) was recently published regarding the definition of a “fixed place” under tax treaty law. For a fixed place to exist, a taxable person must have power of disposal over it. For Austrian tax purposes, a decisive hallmark of the existence of a […]

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04.05.2022

Remote working simplifications with Germany due to COVID-19 set to expire

The Austrian Consultation Agreement with Germany contains special rules concerning the application of the double taxation treaty, which were introduced due to the pandemic. Accordingly, employers that are resident in Germany would not be deemed to have created a permanent establishment (“PE”) in Austria if an employee who is resident in Austria works from a […]

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09.06.2020

Austrian Ministry of Finance on permanent establishment issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 prevention measures, many employees have for several months been unable to carry out their activities at the location at which they would normally have worked before the pandemic. In cross-border circumstances, this can lead to undesired changes in taxation rights between states – for example, due to the creation of permanent […]

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