Country file · AT
Potential · highAustria: recover the withholding tax on your dividends
Every dividend paid from this country loses 27.5% to withholding tax at source. The tax treaty caps it at 15% for a French resident. The 12.5-point gap is not lost money: it can be claimed back — with the right forms, within the deadline.
No win, no fee · Pricing 100% public · FR / EN
Example for €10,000 of gross dividends, French tax resident, before our success fee. Indicative amounts — every claim is verified before filing.
Technical file
The numbers that matter
Both rates, the gap, the form and the time you have left: everything that decides whether a claim is worth opening.
27.5%
Statutory rate
withheld from non-residents by default
15%
Treaty rate
for a French resident
12.5 pts
Recoverable gap
5 years
Statute of limitations
from the end of the year of payment
Your deadline to act
5 years
5 years from the end of the calendar year of withholding — one of the most comfortable deadlines in Europe.
Compute my exact deadline →The procedure in practice
- Form
- ZS-RD1 (online pre-filing)
- Competent authority
- Finanzamt für Großbetriebe (Austrian tax office)
- Online filing
- Yes
- Relief at source
- No
Relief at source prevents the over-withholding before it exists: the correct rate is applied at payment time. See the relief-at-source service →
Data reviewed on 15 June 2026 · Indicative amounts — every claim is verified before filing.
Specifics
What you should know about this country
- A 12.5-point gap (27.5% withheld, 15% owed) and 5 years to act: Austria offers a very favourable effort-to-gain ratio.
- The procedure combines an online pre-filing and a signed paper submission: our pipeline generates both automatically.
Claim documents
The documents required
What we gather with you. Most of these can be requested online or produced from your brokerage statements.
- ZS-RD1 form with electronic pre-filing
- Stamped certificate of tax residence
- Evidence of dividends and the 27.5% withholding
Resources
Go further
- Best in class10 min read
Which countries offer the best recovery potential for a French resident?
Ireland, Switzerland and Sweden on top — the UK and the Netherlands at zero, and we say so. All 11 countries ranked by recoverable gap for an individual French resident, with each one's traps.
- Best in class9 min read
Statute of limitations: how long you have to claim, ranked by country
From Canada (only 2 years) to Austria, Sweden and Japan (5 years): the full ranking of claim deadlines — with both counting rules, the 31 December cliff, and the filing order that follows.
How much can you recover?
Two minutes, no sign-up: the simulator applies the rates above to your real amounts and shows our fee before you commit to anything.
No win, no fee · Pricing 100% public · FR / EN