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The complex nature of the fiscalization system in Austria reflects the government's commitment to ensuring the integrity of financial data and promoting fairness and accountability in the tax system. Frequent and unannounced audits, together with implementing strict regulations and requirements, work to provide a secure and transparent environment for businesses and taxpayers.
Austria
At the start of 2016, the Austrian government introduced a new fiscal law that included the creation of the Fiscal Journal (DEP). This marked the first stage of the fiscalization process, which aimed to increase transparency, reduce tax fraud, and promote fairness in the tax system. According to Austrian fiscal law, the DEP must be stored in real-time at each point-of-sale system, in a central database, or in the cloud, and must be exported at the request of the authorities. This journal records all cash transactions and receipts in real-time, ensuring that financial data is accurate, secure, and easily accessible. The second stage of the fiscalization process was mandatory as of April 2017, and involved the introduction of a digital signature for each cash receipt. This digital signature helps to further secure the financial data and reduce the risk of fraud or manipulation. By implementing these two stages of fiscalization, Austria has created a robust and reliable system for tracking and reporting financial transactions.
Type of fiscalization: Hardware/Software
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How to register on FinanzOnline as a retailer in Austria?
Austria
Author: Kristina Dosen
FinanzOnline is an online portal that allows taxpayers to access and manage their tax affairs electronically. It is administered by the Tax Authority Austria and offers various services such as filing tax returns, checking tax balances, applying for tax refunds, and registering cash registers. Read more
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New document was uploaded: S4F backoffice patch
S4F backoffice patch is intended for users who have already installed S4F backoffice and are intended to update existing installations to latest version. To do so apply only patches that are marked with version number that is newer than your currently installed instance of backoffice. Please make sure to install all available patches sequentially (without skipping). For each patch it is specified for which countries it is released for and with this information and with information from release notes user should prioritize the installation of the patch if S4F Backoffice is used in specified countries. Even though the patch may be prioritized for specified countries please make sure to install all patches sequentially, including the previous ones (if any) even if they are not related to used countries. This package contains instruction, release notes, changelog and software packages required for deployment of this software component. Please note that this patch contains changes for following country: Italy. Read more
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New document was uploaded: S4F backoffice installer
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What are control transactions in the Austrian Fiscalization System?
Austria
Author: Kristina Dosen
In addition to the cash register and receipt issuing obligation, entrepreneurs who use cash registers in Austria must also comply with another obligation: control transactions. Control transactions are special transactions that have a value of zero and are used for auditing purposes. They are recorded in the fiscal journal (DEP), which is a tamper-proof electronic journal that stores all cash register transactions. Read more
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New document was uploaded: Overview of the e-invoicing systems in Europe
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S4F backoffice patch
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S4F backoffice patch
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S4F backoffice installer
S4F backoffice installer is intended for users who are installing the software for the first time. Please make sure to obtain latest version of installer and to apply all subsequent patches that are released subsequently. This package contains instruction, release notes, changelog and software packages required for deployment of this software component. This version of the Backoffice installer supports the following countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Read more
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Overview of the e-invoicing systems in Europe
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S4 Fiscal Service for Austria
Austria
Author: Kristina Dosen
S4FiscalService for Austria is an installation package for S4FS fiscal middleware in Austria. An integrative part of the installation package is, among others, the General Interface Description, the Service Interface Description, Release Notes, the S4F Service Installation Manual, and sensitive data encryption. They are all packed in a zip file that is ready for download. Read more
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