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Austria - Civil Law (German)
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Austria taxes

If you want to do business in Austria, this article explains the tax laws for a LLC (GmbH) which is the most common legal entity in Austria.

Austria levies corporate income tax on a worldwide basis. The usual standard rate for offshore income, from our research, and your results may vary, is 25%. Austria may have incentives to bring in income earned abroad made. Corporate Income Tax rate is 25%. This ranks Austria as 100th overall with regards to corp. taxation rate internationally.

The valued added tax rate in Austria is 20.00%, which ranks the country as 133rd when compared to VAT taxation rate internationally. In terms of other taxation, an employer will contribute 21.48% to the equivalent of a social security fund and an employee will contribute 18.12%. The overall complexity of the tax system is medium. This is measured by average time to comply with a country's labor tax requirements is as it is 52hours. Contributing to this is the number of yearly labor tax payments, which is 3 in AT.

Thin capitalization restrictions are not officially enacted. This refers to any type of restrictions on a business and the debt-to-asset ratios.
Dividends received from an Austrian resident company are tax-exempted. Dividends received from a company resident in a jurisdiction where Austria has a tax treaty with may be exempted, provided that distributor is subject to a Corporate Income Tax of at least 15%. They may also be exempted those from a non-resident legal entity comparable with an Austrian/EU company and shareholder holds at least 10% of equity capital for at least 1 year. Exemption may not apply if non-resident generates passive income and is subject to a CIT less than 15% or dividends are deductible on source. Dividends are payments of earnings of the legal entity, established by the board, to a class of its shareholders. Dividends can be issued as shares of stock, cash payments, or other property.
Capital Gains are usually taxed as ordinary income. An international participation exemption may apply for Capital Gains from the disposal of shares in a non-resident company, which is a legal entity comparable with an Austrian/EU company and shareholder holds at least 10% of equity capital for at least 1 year. If subsidary generates passive income and is not subject to tax of at least 15%, exemption may not apply. A capital gains tax is levied on the profits that a corporation or natural person realizes when he or she sells sells a capital asset for a price that is higher than the purchase price.

The interest withholding tax rate is estimated at 27.5%. Which means that the tax authorities expects companies to withhold 27.5% of payments abroad on interests. Loan interests are tax-exempted. The dividends withholding tax rate is 27.5%. Which means that the taxman expects LLC (GmbH)'s to pay tax on 27.5% of payments on dividends to non-residents. The royalties withholding tax rate is 20%. Which means that the relevant tax authorities expects a LLC withhold 20% of royalty payments offshore. Withholding taxes may be reduced or exempted under the EU parent/subsidiary directive, the EU Royalties and Interests directive or under a tax treaty.
There is no known tax on wealth in Austria. There are no known inheritance taxes in Austria. There are real property, transfer and gift taxes in Austria. We are aware of widely used research and development breaks on taxation here.

The above is not tax or legal advice for your particular facts and circumstances. We are able to to point you to an accountant in Austria who will advise you. Ready to get started? Click incorporate now if you are in a hurry, or press the free consultation button above.

It takes approximately 47 hours to file and prepare documents for a Austria Civil Law (German).
The corporate tax is approximately 25% which is 103 in the world.

Owners of a company in Austria are not allowed to carry back a loss and may be allowed to carry forward a loss for 100 years.

The vat rate in Austria is 20% which ranks 134 in the world.

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Wealth tax
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93Tax treaties
25%Offshore Tax
25%Corp rate
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47Corporate time
20%VAT rate
25%Capital gains
2018AEOI planned

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Austria Tax Treaties

CountryTypeDate signed
Singapore
DTC 2001-11-30
Slovakia
DTC 1978-03-07
Hungary
DTC 1975-02-20
Qatar
DTC 2010-12-30
Estonia
DTC 2001-04-05
South Korea
DTC 1985-01-08
Sweden
DTC 1959-10-14
Denmark
DTC 2007-05-25
Macedonia
DTC 2007-09-10
Lithuania
DTC 2005-04-06
Bahrain
DTC 2009-07-02
Azerbaijan
DTC 2000-07-04
Russia
DTC 2000-04-13
Ukraine
DTC 1997-10-16
Andorra
TIEA2009-09-17
Malta
DTC 1978-05-29
Mongolia
DTC 2003-07-03
Bulgaria
DTC 2010-07-20
Thailand
DTC 1985-05-08
Belgium
DTC 1971-12-29
Barbados
DTC 2006-02-27
Italy
DTC 1981-06-29
Slovenia
DTC 1997-10-01
Belarus
DTC 2001-05-16
Libya
DTC 2010-09-16
Tunisia
DTC 1977-06-23
Cuba
DTC 2003-06-26
Germany
DTC 2000-08-24
Ireland
DTC 1966-05-24
Gibraltar
TIEA2009-09-17
Algeria
DTC 2003-06-17
France
DTC 1993-03-26
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
TIEA2009-09-14
United States
DTC 1996-05-31
Netherlands
DTC 1970-09-01
Romania
DTC 2005-03-30
Guernsey
TIEA2014-05-14
Malaysia
DTC 1989-09-20
Poland
DTC 2004-01-13
Bosnia and Herzegovina
DTC 2010-12-16
Indonesia
DTC 1986-07-24
Jersey
TIEA2012-09-07
Iran
DTC 2002-03-11
Armenia
DTC 2002-02-27
Latvia
DTC 2005-12-14
Saudi Arabia
DTC 2006-03-19
Philippines
DTC 1981-04-09
Morocco
DTC 2002-02-27
Monaco
TIEA2009-09-15
United Arab Emirates
DTC 2003-09-22
Brazil
DTC 1975-05-24
New Zealand
DTC 2006-09-21
Mexico
DTC 2004-04-13
Switzerland
DTC 1974-01-30
Georgia
DTC 2005-04-11
Cyprus
DTC 1990-03-20
Croatia
DTC 2000-09-21
Portugal
DTC 1970-12-29
Turkmenistan
DTC 1981-04-10
Greece
DTC 2007-07-18
Kazakhstan
DTC 2004-09-10
Canada
DTC 1976-12-09
Czech Republic
DTC 2006-06-08
Nepal
DTC 2000-12-15
San Marino
DTC 2004-11-24
Israel
DTC 1970-01-29
Kuwait
DTC 2002-06-13
United Kingdom
DTC 1969-04-30
Turkey
DTC 2008-03-28
Albania
DTC 2007-12-14
Kyrgyzstan
DTC 2001-09-18
Spain
DTC 1966-12-20
Serbia
DTC 2010-05-07
Luxembourg
DTC 1962-10-18
Chile
DTC 2012-12-06
Liechtenstein
DTC 1969-11-05
Tajikistan
DTC 2011-06-07
Pakistan
DTC 2005-08-04
Belize
DTC 2002-05-08
Australia
DTC 1986-07-08
South Africa
DTC 1996-03-04
Venezuela
DTC 2006-05-12
Japan DTC 1961-12-20
India
DTC 1999-11-08
Norway
DTC 1995-11-28
Uzbekistan
DTC 2000-06-14
China
DTC 1991-04-10
Finland
DTC 2000-07-26
Egypt
DTC 1962-10-16
Moldova
DTC 2004-04-29
Syria
DTC 2009-03-03
Vietnam
DTC 2008-06-02
Hong Kong
DTC 2010-05-25

Country Info

National Flag of
Republik Österreich (bar)
Currency
EUR
Area Code
+43
Capital
Vienna
Region
Western Europe
Native Languages
Austro-Bavarian German