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Austria and Germany Extend Agreement on Taxation of Cross-Border Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

28 January 2021

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Treaty Development

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Austria-Germany

The German Ministry of Finance has published a new agreement signed with Austria on 15 January 2021 concerning the taxation of cross-border workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new agreement extends the prior agreement, essentially providing that in cases where a cross-border worker is required to work from home due to COVID-19, the days spent working from home will be treated as working days in the Contracting State in which the worker would normally be working, if not for COVID-19. The new agreement applies to working days in the period 11 March 2020 to 31 March 2021 and will automatically...