Tax Authority Austria

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Austria-wide tax authority, service authority, and budget-managing body.

The Tax Authority Austria is set up as an Austria-wide tax authority, service authority, and budget-managing body. Some 6,000 employees work at the Tax Authority Austria, at 67 locations all over the nation. The Tax Authority Austria (FAÖ) has comprehensive and nationwide responsibility for all tasks that are not assigned to another tax authority. The Tax Authority Austria is headed by a Managing Director and has its headquarters in Linz. The internal organisational structure is functionally geared towards the needs of the customers and the processes relevant to them. These customer groups are on the one hand private taxpayers and on the other small and medium-sized enterprises and tax debtors. 32 local offices (former tax offices) at the previous locations are responsible for operational tax collection, such as service, assessment, auditing, collection and recovery.