Austria · Corporate Compliance
Annual filings, registered-agent and beneficial-ownership obligations, and the official company registry.
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Companies are entered in the commercial register kept by the courts and file their annual financial statements with it, generally within nine months of the financial year end. Every company also reports its beneficial owners to the Beneficial Owners Register and confirms the entry each year, even when nothing has changed. Filings run through the Business Service Portal (USP), which needs ID Austria or another electronic signature.
- Annual financial statements are filed with the commercial register, generally within nine months of the year end.
- Beneficial-owner data is confirmed every year, and changes are reported within four weeks.
- Since October 2025, nominee and fiduciary arrangements must also be reported to the register.
- USP — Unternehmensserviceportal
Business Service Portal: online formation (e-start-up) and company filings.
- BMF — Beneficial Owner Register
Beneficial Owners Register, run by the Ministry of Finance.
Government portals
- oesterreich.gv.at — Austrian Government Portal — Guidance and online services for residents, including residence registration and ID Austria.
- USP — Business Service Portal — Online company formation (e-start-up), beneficial-owner filings and business dealings with the authorities.
- Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) — Tax, customs and online filing through FinanzOnline.
- Migration Platform of the Austrian Federal Government — Red-White-Red Card, EU Blue Card and family reunification, with a points calculator.