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Register a company in Austria
Company incorporation, bank accounts, accounting services in Austria
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Standard
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Company registration (GmbH)
Annual registered address
Notary services and company seal
Corporate bank account
Accounting services
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How you can register a company in Austria with us
Submit shareholder and director information to our firm with a signed power of attorney
Settle a payment for registration and banking assistance
Receive corporate documentation of the registered company and access to the corporate bank account of your company
Key details about Austria
Austria is located in Central Europe and has a territory of 84,000 square kilometers. Austria borders Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. The capital city of Austia is Vienna, the largest city and the location of key government insitutions. Austria has a population of 9 million people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax - 25%. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis. Advance income tax payments can be made on a quarterly basis
- Dividend withholding tax - 25% or 27,5%
- Interest withholding tax - Standard tax rate 0%
- Royalties withholding tax - 20%
- Capital gains tax - 25%
- VAT - Standard tax rates 19% or 20% or reduced rates from 0% up to 13% or tax exempt. Tax returns are filed on a monthly, quarterly or an annual basis
- Personal income tax - from 0% up to 55%.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Austria as:
- Limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - GmbH)
- Public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft - AG)
- General partnership (Kollektivgesellschaft - KG)
- Limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft - KG)
- Silent partnership (Stille Gesellschaft)
- Association (Verein)
- Industrial and Provident Cooperative Society (Erwerbs- und Wirtschaftsgenossenschaft)
- Partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien)
- Civil law company (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts - GbR)
- European company (Societas Europaea)
- Branch office (Zweigniederlassung).
- Individuals or legal entities that are intending to register a company in Austria can be resident or non-resident in Austria.
- A resident or a non-resident individual can be a company director in Austria. It is not required to set up a company in Austria with a at least 1 resident individual as one of its directors.
- At least 1 shareholder is required in order to register a company in Austria if such company is incorporated as a GmbH (a limited liability company). An individual shareholder can simultaneously become a director of this company.
- It is not required to create substance (resident employees, office space) in Austria in order to establish a company in Austria or to conduct business in the country.
- Minimum share capital that is required in order to start a company in Austria as a GmbH (a limited liability company) is EUR 35,000.
- GmbH registration takes between 15 and 20 business days with the bank account taking up to 5 business days.
- Details of company founders, shareholders and directors after company registration in Austria is complete is publicly available in the state corporate register.
- With our service you can register a company in Austria remotely upon a power of attorney.
Official currency of Austria is euro (EUR).
GDP growth in Austria for the previous year was around 2%.
Austria is located at the center of Europe, which allows it to also be the center of European business that connects Western and Eastern Europe. On the global ease of doing business index Austria holds 27th place.
A highly-developed eceonomy of Austria is persistently thriving due to a highly-qualified workforce, a competitive industry and a big service sector. Key economy sectors in Austria are industrial and service sectors and also agriculture.
Austria is open for global trade and investments and guarantees to foreign investors comprehensive property protection, as well as a transparent and secure legal and justice systems. Austria is a Member State of the European Union and this imposes obligations to follow all the directives and regulations of the EU, as well as trade agreements, provisions concerning import and export operations. Austria is also a member of the Organistation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), whose headquerters are located in Vienna.
GDP growth in Austria for the previous year was around 2%.
Austria is located at the center of Europe, which allows it to also be the center of European business that connects Western and Eastern Europe. On the global ease of doing business index Austria holds 27th place.
A highly-developed eceonomy of Austria is persistently thriving due to a highly-qualified workforce, a competitive industry and a big service sector. Key economy sectors in Austria are industrial and service sectors and also agriculture.
Austria is open for global trade and investments and guarantees to foreign investors comprehensive property protection, as well as a transparent and secure legal and justice systems. Austria is a Member State of the European Union and this imposes obligations to follow all the directives and regulations of the EU, as well as trade agreements, provisions concerning import and export operations. Austria is also a member of the Organistation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), whose headquerters are located in Vienna.
Foreign entrepreneurs expand to Austria and seek to incorporate a company in Austria in order to conduct business in the following sectors:
- wholesale and retail trading
- logistics
- restaurant business
- financial services
- IT
- construction
- tourism
- real estate.
Benefits of registering a company in Austria
Business climate
- Access to major EU markets
- Convenient location for logistics in the region
- High purchasing power
- Political stability
- Secure legal and justice systems
- Comprehensive protection of property rights
- Comprehensive personal security
- Investment protection
- Highly-developed infrastructure
- Low inflation rate
Tax incentives
- No interest withholding taxation
- Corporate tax incentives in free economic zones
- Double tax treaties with several jurisdictions
Ease of doing business
- No foreign exchange controls
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