Financial documentation (Findok = short for financial documentation) is a comprehensive, up-to-date and free source of information on legal questions concerning tax and customs duties. This knowledge platform contains interpretation aids provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance as well as decisions by the Austrian Federal Finance Court (Bundesfinanzgericht), on tax and customs law.
Findok can be accessed and used directly online on the world wide web, and there is no need to register for the service. Different search functions will enable citizens and businesses to locate the information required quickly and easily. Content is updated on a continuous basis.
Through Findok the Federal Ministry of Finance provides legal opinions on:
• Directives
• Decrees
• Information
• EAS (Express Reply Service on matters of international tax law)
Thereby, Findok guarantees legal certainty, open legal information policy and more transparency. This makes it easier to apply the tax codes and directives for the staff of the tax administration and businesses and citizens, furthermore, are able to predict the outcome of their tax matters, which finally increases trust in the Tax Administration.
See: https://findok.bmf.gv.at/findok?execution=e1s1