Austria Limits Group Tax Loss Treatment

Several changes to group loss treatment have been introduced under Austria's recently approved tax amendments. Under the changes, the temporary use of non-resident group member losses can still be utilized to offset taxable profits in Austria, but only the losses of non-resident group companies in other EU member states and in jurisdictions that have concluded a comprehensive assistance agreement with Austria.

Recapture and taxation of such losses still applies in the following situations:

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