{"id":15950,"date":"2023-03-28T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huebner.virtuosen.at\/?p=15950"},"modified":"2023-04-20T22:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T20:15:26","slug":"input-tax-refund-in-the-eu-and-third-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huebner.at\/en\/input-tax-refund-in-the-eu-and-third-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Input tax refund in the EU and third country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Austrian entrepreneurs who are entitled to deduct input tax in Austria pay invoices for their business abroad, the entrepreneur must pay the gross amount, i.e. including foreign VAT.<\/p>\n<p>This often concerns hotel bills, petrol or restaurant bills in the context of business trips. However, the VAT paid can be refunded afterwards &#8211; under certain conditions!<\/p>\n<p>So if your managers and employees travel a lot, you should consider or discuss with your tax advisor whether a tax refund application makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Our accounting team has a lot of experience in this and can prepare applications for you &#8211; for example, on the basis of the digital receipts in accounting. Or we can analyse your trips abroad. Collect suitable receipts per country and check whether they are &#8220;sufficient&#8221; for the application.<\/p>\n<p>Requirements and deadlines:<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that different regulations apply to reimbursement applications between member states of the European Union and third countries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Within the\u00a0<strong>EU<\/strong>, the application must be submitted to the\u00a0<strong>Austrian tax office<\/strong>\u00a0by 30 September of the following year, i.e. for foreign input tax amounts from the year 2022 by 30 September 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Invoices used as a basis are generally not to be submitted. (However, for invoice amounts exceeding EUR 1,000 or for fuel invoices exceeding EUR 250, these may be requested by the Member State).<\/li>\n<li>One application can be made per quarter, whereby the input tax to be refunded must amount to at least EUR 400.<\/li>\n<li>If the refund is only applied for the last calendar months of a year (e.g. November and December) or for a whole calendar year, a minimum amount of EUR 50 applies.<\/li>\n<li>The competent tax authority must refund the input tax within four months. If further documents are requested, this period is extended to eight months.<\/li>\n<li>If the refund application relates to a\u00a0<strong>third country<\/strong>, the application must be submitted to the\u00a0<strong>foreign tax office<\/strong>, usually by 30 June of the following year.<\/li>\n<li>Refund applications for third countries must be submitted in paper form together with the entrepreneur&#8217;s certificate and original invoices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have the opportunity, simply ask your H\u00fcbner &amp; H\u00fcbner advisor or\u00a0<u><a class=\"link\" href=\"mailto:welcome@huebner.at?subject=Questions%20about%20input%20tax%20refund%20in%20the%20EU%20and%20third%20country&amp;body=Dear%20H%C3%BCbner%20%26%20H%C3%BCbner%2C%0D%0AI%20would%20like%20to%20request%20the%20free%20callback%20on%20this%20topic.%0D%0ABest%20regards\">request a free callback<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>It would be a shame to leave input tax lying around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Austrian entrepreneurs who are entitled to deduct input tax in Austria pay invoices for their business abroad, the entrepreneur must pay the gross amount, i.e. including foreign VAT. 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