New approach to withholding tax relief for personnel leasing

For the Austrian Ministry of Finance (BMF), the ruling of the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court (VwGH) of 23 April 2021 (Ra 2020/13/0089) provided the impetus to conduct a pragmatic overhaul of withholding tax relief in the form of the Ordinance on Withholding Tax Relief for Personnel Leasing. Initial situation As foreign employers are subject to limited […]

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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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