Local tax - account, declaration, calculation

German Version

If you make lodgings and accommodations in Vienna available for temporary stays in return for payment, you must pay a tax. To do so you need a tax account.

You can apply for a tax account online. To do so you need a

This account is required for opening a tax account or handing in an annual tax declaration via the VIETour web application. Use the username and password from your wien.gv.at account to sign in to VIETour.

To calculate the exact amount of taxes you need to pay, please use our local tax calculator (Ortstaxerechner):

You also need to submit an annual tax declaration. You have to submit this declaration online via the VIETour web application (see above) with your wien.gv.at account.

If you have a new wien.gv.at user account, it is linked to the web application when you access your annual tax declaration for the first time. About 48 hours later, you can access the application again and submit your annual tax declaration online.

However, the form for the declaration is also made available in paper and can be sent to you by post.

General information

If you make lodgings and accommodations in Vienna available for temporary stays (i.e. a maximum of three months) in return for payment, you must pay a tax. This includes hotels, inns, bed and breakfasts, holiday houses or flats, guest rooms, apartments, private rooms, flats, extra beds in flats, camping mobiles or caravans, mobile homes, tents, and other types of lodgings.

Data Protection

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Requirements

The owner or host of such lodgings or accommodations is obligated to collect and pay local tax.

Exceptions:

  • Minors staying in lodgings for the purpose of school or vocational training, or staying in youth hostels
  • Students at Viennese universities and universities of applied sciences
  • Individuals staying in the lodgings for more than three consecutive months

Deadlines

  • Term of payment: by the 15th day of the month following the paid stay
  • Submission of annual local tax declaration: by 15 February of the following calendar year for the tax liability of the previous year
  • Reporting duties of online platforms: by the 15th of the month following the registration with the online platform (see "Further information" below)

Contact

Assessment office (Bemessungsstelle)

Accounting Services, Duties and Charges (MA 6)
Levies and Legal Matters – Division for Provincial and Municipal Taxes
1010 Vienna, Ebendorferstraße 2
Phone: +43 1 4000-86372, -86344, -86354, -86374
Fax: +43 1 4000-99-86355
E-mail: kanzlei-arl@ma06.wien.gv.at

Office hours: Monday to Friday 7.30 am to 3.30 pm
On Good Friday, 24 December and 31 December 7.30 am to 12 noon; closed on public holidays.

Procedure

  • You use the online form to submit an application to open a tax account. Alternatively, you can submit your application by post or e-mail.
  • The competent accounting department (Buchhaltungsabteilung 40) of Municipal Department 6 opens a tax account for you.
  • The accounting department will send you a letter containing your tax account number and its bank details.
  • You calculate the exact amount of taxes and transfer the money.
  • If you have any questions regarding legal regulations, please contact the assessment office (see contact above).
  • If you fail to calculate the exact amount of taxes, the assessment office will send you an official notification informing you of the exact amount of taxes you need to pay.

Documents required

None

Fees

  • Fees for reporting and declaration of taxes: none
  • Local tax: 3.2 percent of the payment made for staying at the accommodation (VAT and breakfast not included, minus 11 percent lump sum deduction)
    For an easy calculation, please use our local tax calculator (Ortstaxerechner).

You can also use the following formula to calculate your local tax payments:

  • If you are not liable to pay VAT: 2.7691 percent, i.e. payment made for staying at the accommodation (excluding breakfast) multiplied by 0.027691

If you are liable to pay VAT:

  • At 5 percent VAT: 2.6407 percent
  • At 10 percent VAT: 2.5237 percent
  • At 13 percent VAT: 2.4584 percent

Percentage of VAT:

  • From 1 May 2016 bis 31 October 2018: 13 percent
  • From 1 November 2018 bis 30 June 2020: 10 percent
  • From 1 July 2020 bis 31 Dezember 2021: 5 percent
  • From 1 January 2022: 10 percent

For any questions regarding payment, please contact the competent accounting department (Buchhaltungsabteilung 40) (German) of Municipal Department 6 - Accounting Services, Duties and Charges.

Processing time

It usually takes a few workdays for the competent accounting department to issue the tax account number, and for the assessment office to answer any legal questions.

Form

Electronic delivery
As soon as staff at the assessment office have completed your application (for assessment and liability proceedings), you will receive an official notifications of completion via electronic delivery. If you are not registered with an electronic delivery service (German), you will receive the official notification by post.

Information on electronic delivery of official documents (German)

Further information

Legal basis: Vienna Tourism Promotion Act (Wiener Tourismusförderungsgesetz , WTFG) (German)

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