Collect tax in Austria

Austria is part of the EU and applies the EU VAT rules. Read more about those rules on the European Union page. You can also read our guide to VAT.

When to register for tax collection

See Thresholds to get insights about your potential tax registration obligations in Austria. Stripe also notifies you with email and Dashboard alerts when you need to register to collect tax. Learn more about how the monitoring tool works.

You can read more about registration obligations in Austria on the European Union page or in our guide to VAT.

Register to collect tax

Different registration schemes could apply to your business, depending on whether you’re based inside or outside the EU. After you’ve decided which registration scheme is correct for your business, learn how to register in Austria.

• Domestic VAT registration
• One-Stop Shop registration
• Import One-Stop Shop registration

After you’ve registered to collect tax in Austria, go to Registrations to add your registrations to Stripe in the Dashboard. This turns on tax calculation and collection in Stripe for your transactions in Austria.

Learn more about how to add your registration in the Dashboard.

How we calculate taxes

Austria applies the EU VAT rules. Learn more about tax calculation in the European Union.

In Austria, although certain territories fall outside the standard tax system and might have different tax rules, Stripe Tax calculates Austrian VAT. This applies to:

• Jungholz
• Mittleberg

Report and file your taxes

Stripe Tax has filing partners—Taxually, Marosa, and Hands-off Sales Tax (HOST)—to help automate your tax filing. These partners automatically sync your tax transaction data in real time, eliminating the need for manual data entry or file transfers. Learn more about tax filing.

Stripe also provides reports of your completed tax transactions. Go to Registrations to access these reports. Learn more about the different types of reports.