MilometryÖsterreich · Amtliches Kilometergeld
Mileage rates in Austria
The amtliches Kilometergeld is 50 cents a kilometre, up to 30,000 business kilometres a calendar year, and 15 cents a kilometre for each passenger you carry. Both figures rose in 2025, from 42 cents and 5 cents.
What applies now
| Band | Rate |
|---|---|
| Every kilometre | 50 cents |
| Each passenger carried | 15 cents |
| Most you can claim in a year | 30 000 kilometres |
How a claim is worked out
Take 30 000 kilometres of business travel in Austria. The bands apply in order, so each one is charged at its own rate rather than the whole distance at the top rate.
| Band | Distance | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Every kilometre | 30 000 | 50 cents | € 15.000,00 |
| Total | € 15.000,00 | ||
What it used to be
Rates in Austria, newest first. Use the row that covers the date you drove, not the one in force today: an amended return is worked out at the rate that applied at the time.
| Period | Applies | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| From 2025 Now | Since 1 Jan 2025 | 50 cents (30 000) · 15 cents a passenger |
| To 2024 | 1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2024 | 42 cents (30 000) · 5 cents a passenger |
- From 2025 The Kilometergeldverordnung raised the rate and tripled the passenger supplement.
- To 2024 42 cents, with 5 cents a passenger.
Where these figures come from
- Kilometergeld (BMF)The official rate, the passenger supplement and the 30,000 km ceiling.
- Kilometergeldverordnung (BGBl II Nr. 289/2024)The regulation that set the current figures from 2025.
- Pendlerpauschale und Kilometergeld (USP)When the allowance can be paid tax free, and the logbook it needs.
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