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Your guide to VAT in Austria
What is VAT?
What do I pay VAT on?
- Services
- Trade work
- Goods
- Rentals and leasing
- Imports of goods from other countries
- Intra-community acquisitions
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How much is VAT in Austria?
- Standard rate of 20%: applies to most goods and services
- Reduced rate of 13%: applies to cinema tickets, swimming pool visits, or importing works of art, for example.
- Reduced rate of 10%: applies to groceries, rent, and public transport tickets, for example
Who is subject to VAT?
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