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.
Quick answers
What is the mileage rate in Austria?
50 cents per business kilometre, capped at 30,000 km. Published by: the BMF. 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. Checked against the source on 27 September 2026.
When did the rate in Austria last change?
The current figures apply from 1 Jan 2025. Before that: 42 cents per business kilometre (1 Jan 2011 to 31 Dec 2024).
Is there a yearly limit in Austria?
Yes. The rate covers up to 30 000 kilometres per calendar year.
What does 30 000 kilometres of business travel come to in Austria?
€ 15.000,00 at the rates above. It is an estimate, and not tax advice.
Who publishes the rate for Austria?
The BMF. Kilometergeld (BMF); Kilometergeldverordnung (BGBl II Nr. 289/2024); Pendlerpauschale und Kilometergeld (USP).
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.
Rates move. If yours has and this page has not, the other countries are here.
Other countries
- United Kingdom55p per business mile, banded to 25p past 10,000
- IrelandThe civil service motor travel rates, by engine size and distance
- United States76 cents per business mile, with no threshold
- Canada73 cents per business kilometre, then 67 cents past 5,000
- Australia91 cents per business kilometre, capped at 5,000
- New Zealand$1.20 per business kilometre, then 37 cents past 14,000
- Deutschland30 cents per business kilometre, from the first one
- België0.4452 euro per business kilometre for 1 October to 31 December 2026, reindexed quarterly
- España26 cents per business kilometre, tax free
- Nederland25 cents per business kilometre, untaxed
- FranceThe barème kilométrique, by fiscal horsepower and distance
- 日本Whatever rate your employer sets, as there is no national one