Document format and locale facts for Austria

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.