The Austrian Ministry of Finance now issued a new reclaim form for repayment of Austrian Withholding Tax.
As per our previous Newsflashes on this topic, this step was already expected in the market earlier this year. The new reclaim form can be downloaded from the Austrian Ministry of Finance homepage:
Form ZS-RE1 (part one of the reclaim form, version 17.11.2014): http://formulare.bmf.gv.at/service/formulare/inter-Steuern/pdfs/9999/ZS-RE1.pdf
Form ZS-RE1A (part two of the reclaim form, version 14.11.2014): http://formulare.bmf.gv.at/service/formulare/inter-Steuern/pdfs/9999/ZS-RE1A.pdf
The new reclaim form has to be used from now on.
Impact on investors: From now on there is new reclaim form for claims of repayment of Austrian Withholding Tax.