Standard VAT rate: 20%

Low VAT rate: 13% - wine

Low VAT rate: 10% -  food, books and pharmaceutical products

Minimum spend amount: €75,01 per invoice or in the same store on the same day Time limit to export: before the end of the 3rd month, after the month of purchase

Ask in the store: an invoice, Tax-Free form, or Tax-Free receipt: showing your name, non-EU address and passport number

Bring to Austrian Customs:

• an invoice, Tax-Free form, or Tax-Free receipt: showing your name, non-EU address and passport number
• If the store could not provide the above, you need to download and print a tax-free form 

• Purchased items

• Passport

• If you have an EU passport; other proof of residence outside the EU

• Boarding pass

Tip: Austrian Customs want to see an invoice, Tax-Free form, or Tax-Free receipt: showing your name, non-EU address and passport number.

If you did not receive this from the store, you need to download and print a Tax-Free form for customs yourself. Some airports in Austria, like the one in Vienna, have digital customs systems. View the airport guides below for more information.

Airports:

Customs Guide Vienna Airport
Customs Guide Salzburg Airport