AT · Country and locale facts
Invoice format and locale facts for Austria
Use these defaults as a practical starting point for presentation. ISO/CLDR formatting facts are not legal or tax advice, and reviewed jurisdiction guidance is identified separately.
Currency & locale
EUR · de-AT
Paper & date
A4 · DD.MM.YYYY (DMY)
Language
de (official) · LTR
Text system
gregory calendar · latn digits
Why these defaults?
The country code comes from ISO 3166. Unicode CLDR supplies presentation-oriented locale, currency, paper, date, language, calendar, numbering, and direction metadata. Defaults reduce setup time; they do not decide what a valid document must contain.
Recorded official or regional-official language tags: de, hr, sl, hu.
Selected national claims reviewed
Document vocabulary and checks
Austrian VAT invoice particulars, seven-year ordinary and named longer record periods, and the consent/control boundary for ordinary e-invoices plus mandatory federal-agency structured routing are reviewed from USP sources. This generator does not submit to e-Rechnung.gv.at. Simplified invoices, reverse charge and cross-border treatment remain transaction-specific checks.
Evidence snapshot: 3 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-20. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.
Tax labels: Umsatzsteuer (VAT). Business identifier labels: Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer (UID).
- Required when applicable: An Austrian VAT invoice includes goods quantity and customary description or the nature and extent of services, supply date or period, net consideration and tax rate, tax amount labelled as VAT, issue date, a continuous invoice number, and the supplier's UID. Supplier and recipient name/address plus a detailed supply description should be present for input-tax certainty.Evidence AT_USP_INVOICE_FORM_REQUIREMENTS · reviewed 2026-07-18 · review by 2027-01-18 · automation advisory only
- Required when applicable: Invoice copies and accounting records are generally retained for seven years; longer twelve- or twenty-two-year periods can apply to specified property records.Evidence AT_USP_INVOICE, AT_USP_RECORD_RETENTION · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
- Guidance: Austria treats an electronic invoice as equal to paper with recipient acceptance and authenticity, integrity and legibility controls. Structured e-invoices are mandatory for supplies to federal agencies, while other public entities can differ. This generator does not submit to e-Rechnung.gv.at.Evidence AT_USP_INVOICE · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- Austria USP - VAT invoice form requirementsLast reviewed 2026-07-18Registry record AT_USP_INVOICE_FORM_REQUIREMENTS
- Austria USP - invoices and electronic invoicingLast reviewed 2026-07-20Registry record AT_USP_INVOICE
- Austria USP - accounting-record retentionLast reviewed 2026-07-20Registry record AT_USP_RECORD_RETENTION
Registry provenance
- ISO 3166 Country Codescode-list · last checked 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR 48.2formatting-metadata · last checked 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR Territory-Language Informationformatting-metadata · last checked 2026-07-15
Other documents with Austria defaults
Each generator below requests Austria locale, currency, and paper defaults from the editor. Reviewed tax labels are applied only where supported; confirm the research status above before relying on jurisdiction-specific fields.