Responsibility:

Social Security Institutions

Website:

http://www.elda.at/

Description:

ELDA (Electronic Data Exchange with the Austrian Social Security Institutions) is a country-wide project of social security institutions to enable businesses to transmit social security-relevant data electronically. The service is fully transactional.

Responsibility:

Central Government (Federation), Federal Ministry of Finance

Website:

https://finanzonline.bmf.gv.at/

Description:

FINANZOnline enables electronic declaration of corporation tax.

Responsibility:

Central Government (Federation), Federal Ministry of Finance

Website:

https://finanzonline.bmf.gv.at/

Description:

FINANZOnline enables electronic filing of VAT (Umsatzsteuer - USt).

Responsibility:

Regional Government (States)

Website:

http://www.help.gv.at/Content.Node/130/Seite.1300000.html

Description:

The Federal portal for Businesses (Help-Business.gv.at) provides general information on business registration procedures and links to related forms. Business registration in Austria is the responsibility of regional governments (and is in some regions handled by Chambers of Commerce). Online registration services are provided in some regions, such as Vienna (Wiener Gewerberegister).

Responsibility:

Central Government (Federation), Federal Statistics Institution

Website:

http://www.statistik.at/web_en/

Description:

Businesses and public authorities are able to transmit statistical data electronically. Registration for data identification is necessary.

Responsibility:

Central Government (Federation), Federal Ministry of Finance

Website:

http://www.bmf.gv.at/Zoll/ezoll/_start.htm

Description:

The New Computerised Transit System is part of the e-zoll.at project and allows customs declarations at the premises of the importer/transporter and data transmission via XML-Web Services. No public website is provided since the service uses application-to-application protocols. Only an intranet website is provided for customs officials when declarations are made at the border.

Responsibility:

Central Government (Federation), Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Website:

www.edm.gv.at

Description:

This is Austria's IT infrastructure for the EU-ETS for annual reporting of the emissions, including verification by independent (third-party) verifiers. Submission, handling and verification of reports are fully done electronically.

Responsibility:

Central Government (Federation), Federal Procurement Ltd.

Website:

https://www.e-shop.gv.at/e-shop/

Description:

eShop is a fully functional web-based eProcurement platform developed by state-owned company Federal Procurement Ltd. (Bundesbeschaffung GmbH - BBG). It is still in a pilot phase and will be made available to public sector organisations in ASP mode (Application Service Provider). It will enable them to purchase goods and services from a catalogue of pre-selected suppliers. The pilot testing of online tenders started in June 2003, and electronic submission using an official form is now possible. Public tenders are advertised on Auftrag.at, a private-owned eTendering website.