Tax repayments 2025: Carinthian get almost 9 million euros back!

Tax repayments 2025: Carinthian get almost 9 million euros back!

In 2025, the Carinthian Chamber of Labor was impressive success: around 9,897 employees received support, which corresponds to an increase of 31% compared to the previous year. This positive balance is accompanied by an increased amount of more than 8.7 million euros, which those affected back from the tax office. This development shows how important the information and advisory services in tax matters are, such as [gailtal-journal.at] (https://gailtal-journal.at/aktuell/belanz-der- taxpartage-2025-knapp-87-million- uurueck.

total of 7,897 consultations took place by phone, 1,585 personally and 415 in writing. Often the advice seekers turned to commuters: inside and the different heights of the commuter flat rate as well as the commutereuro for the years 2023 and 2024 to the expert: inside. Particularly noteworthy should be emphasized that tax expert Diana Jusic informed that the commuter flat rate was increased by 50% by June 2023 and the commuterseuro was even increased by four times. However, this increase was no longer valid from July 2023.

frequent concerns of the advice seekers

A significant topic was also the 2-factor authentication introduced from October 2023 for the Finanzonline portal, about which many people seeking advice were unsure. A concrete example of successful advice illustrates the importance of the support: A Carinthian was able to assert claims on the additional child amount and the single parent tax, which led to a credit of 2,748 euros.

Another case concerned a Carinthian, in which an initial demand of 6,000 euros could be reduced to a credit of 1,049 euros by taking the family bonus plus and the sole earner deduction. A subsequent claim of his wife was also significantly reduced by discontinuation of training costs.

pendulum flat rate and traffic deduction amount

The possibility of retrospectively applying for the commuter flat rate and the commutingeuro for up to five years offers additional financial relief. For example, the application can be made for 2025 to the end of December 2030, such as [Austria.gv.at] (https://www.oesterreich.at/themen/steuern_und_finanzungen/unterstuetzungen_undhilfen_und_foerderungen/pendler blanket_und_kilometer/1/ page 1930800.html). This enables entitlements not only to claim the commuter flat rate, but also the automatic traffic deduction, which is taken into account by the employers.

For the years 2023 to 2025, the following values ​​apply to the traffic tax, which commuters: inside depending on distances:

The commuter flat rate can also be requested if the apartment is far from the workplace or the use of public transport is not reasonable. There are two categories here: the "small" commuter flat rate and the "large" commuter flat rate, the amounts of which also depend on the distance, such as [bmf.gv.at] (https://www.bmf.gv.at/themen/steuen/arbeitäberveranlagung/pendlerfoerung-das-pendlerschrausche/allgemeindes-zum-pendler blanket) describes in detail.