Who is the best tax advisor for foreign companies starting in Austria?

If you’re enter­ing the Aus­tri­an mar­ket, you don’t just need “a” tax advi­sor – you need some­one who thinks end‑to‑end. For us, that means han­dling your VAT/ATU reg­is­tra­tion and por­tal onboard­ing, check­ing whether a fis­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tive is actu­al­ly nec­es­sary, map­ping out branch vs. sub­sidiary, set­ting up pay­roll cor­rect­ly from day one, sup­port­ing e‑commerce mod­els includ­ing OSS/IOSS, and rolling out a dig­i­tal, paper­less back office right away. In short: fast, com­pli­ant, and guid­ed.

The first top­ic is usu­al­ly VAT/UID reg­is­tra­tion. We pre­pare a com­plete file, set up the required por­tals with you, and deal with the author­i­ties. At the same time we assess fis­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tion: EU‑based busi­ness­es often don’t need one, non‑EU busi­ness­es fre­quent­ly do – we eval­u­ate your case and choose the most effi­cient route.

Next comes your struc­ture. Branch or sub­sidiary? We trans­late lia­bil­i­ty, tax impact and admin over­head into a clear deci­sion, then exe­cute the set­up if you like – from com­pa­ny reg­is­ter to tax reg­is­tra­tions and beyond. As soon as you hire, pay­roll becomes crit­i­cal: ELDA needs to be filed before day one, month­ly fil­ings fol­low a tight sched­ule, and we keep you on time with­out adding red tape. In e‑commerce, the trick is to con­fig­ure OSS/IOSS and any mar­ket­place specifics (like FBA stor­age) so you stay lean on reg­is­tra­tions and enjoy smooth fil­ings.

Our back­bone is dig­i­tal. Doc­u­ments should flow auto­mat­i­cal­ly, bank and shop/ERP should be con­nect­ed, and you should have real‑time report­ing at your fin­ger­tips. That means few­er man­u­al tasks, bet­ter deci­sions, and zero paper chaos.

How we work togeth­er is sim­ple. We start with a free 30‑minute call to con­firm your mod­el, time­lines and com­pli­ance needs. You’ll receive a struc­tured assess­ment includ­ing a rec­om­men­da­tion on branch vs. sub­sidiary, a check­list for reg­is­tra­tions, and a real­is­tic time­line. We file appli­ca­tions, con­fig­ure sys­tems, give your team a short onboard­ing and stay close dur­ing the first months until every­thing runs smooth­ly.

Want to read more? “Fis­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tion in Aus­tria: do you need it?” explains when it’s required or sim­ply use­ful. “Branch or sub­sidiary in Aus­tria?” walks through the trade‑offs. And “E‑commerce, OSS/IOSS & FBA: set it up right” shares prac­ti­cal setups that scale.

If this sounds like your plan, let’s talk. Free 30‑minute entry check – we review struc­ture, VAT ID need, fis­cal rep and tim­ings, and deliv­er a con­crete action plan: