Bookkeeping for freelancers and small businesses in Austria
Snap your receipts. Close the month. Ready for your accountant.
PrestoBooks reads every invoice and till receipt, checks it against § 11 of the Austrian VAT Act, matches it to your credit card and hands over the finished month in the format of BMD, RZL or DATEV.
No credit card · cancel any time · data stays in the EU
- BMD · RZL · DATEV
- export in their import format
- § 11 UStG
- every invoice checked
- 20 · 13 · 10 · 4.9 %
- VAT rates incl. 2026
- VAT return draft
- with every Kennzahl
How your month goes
From till receipt to booking, without the shoebox.
You capture, PrestoBooks does the rest – and tells you in time what is still missing.
- 1
Capture
Snap a till receipt with your phone, upload a PDF or simply forward invoices to your receipt address.
- 2
Read & check
E-invoice, cash register code, text and AI: supplier, VAT ID, date, VAT rates and amounts – with the § 11 check.
- 3
Match
Import your credit card statement or George export. What clearly belongs together is linked.
- 4
Hand over
One click: a ZIP with every receipt and the booking file for BMD, RZL or DATEV, for your accountant.
Closing
No card charge without a receipt.
At the end of the month you see at a glance which charges still need a receipt – and which receipt has no charge. Only when both are zero is the month complete.
- ✓Reads credit card statements (PDF) and George exports (CSV, XLSX, JSON)
- ✓Spots duplicate charges – even when the bank and the card write them differently
- ✓Business meals and their tips assigned correctly
Invoice requirements (§ 11 UStG)
Bauunternehmen Gruber GmbH · €14,400.00
- ✓Supplier's name and address
- ✓Date of issue and date of supply
- ✓Sequential invoice number
- ✓Supplier's VAT ID
- ✓VAT rate and VAT amount
- !Recipient's VAT ID (above €10,000)
- ?Quantity and customary description
Without the recipient's VAT ID there is no input tax deduction – ask for a corrected invoice now, not during the tax audit.
Keep your input tax
The § 11 check, before the tax office asks.
An invoice missing a required detail costs you the input tax deduction. PrestoBooks checks every invoice right away – while the supplier can still send a corrected one.
- ✓Small-amount invoices up to €400, the full list above, the recipient's VAT ID from €10,000
- ✓Austrian VAT IDs verified by their check digit, IBANs by their checksum
- ✓4.9 % on basic foods from 1 July 2026 – with the right date of supply
Reports
Your VAT return is ready before the 15th.
A draft of the Austrian VAT return (UVA) with every Kennzahl, plus the cash-basis income statement. You always know how much VAT you will owe.
- ✓Cash or accrual basis, monthly or quarterly
- ✓Reverse charge and intra-EU acquisitions in the right Kennzahlen
- ✓Keeps an eye on the €55,000 small-business threshold
Receipts
Every receipt numbered without gaps. Found in seconds.
Incoming invoices, outgoing invoices and cash receipts kept apart, numbered without gaps per year, filtered by period, business partner and amount – and kept for seven years, as § 132 BAO requires.
And also
Built for Austrian tax law – not translated into it.
Receipts by email
One address each for incoming invoices, outgoing invoices and cash. Just forward – an invoice and its payment receipt are put together.
Phone app without a store
Snap it, add the business meal and the tip right away. Without a connection it sends as soon as you are back online.
Till receipts with an RKSV code
The cash register's signed QR code gives the amount and the VAT rates – more reliable than any photo.
E-invoices
ZUGFeRD, Factur-X and UBL/Peppol are read straight from the file, no guessing.
Straightened out
Photos are cropped and straightened automatically – still readable after seven years. The original is kept.
Reverse charge & EU
Services from other EU countries land with the VAT owed and the input tax in the right Kennzahlen.
Team & accountant
Roles for staff, read-only access for auditors. Your accountant always works with you for free.
A journal in the background
Every booked receipt creates a balanced entry – unchangeable, reversed instead of deleted.
Your data is yours
Export everything as a ZIP, any time. Servers and processing in the EU, GDPR-compliant.
For accounting firms
Your clients deliver. Complete. On time.
No more shoeboxes and missing receipts on the 14th. PrestoBooks prepares the month so that all you do is import it.
Create a firm accountComplete months
Every card charge with its receipt, every invoice checked against § 11 before it reaches you.
In your software's format
Booking file, personal accounts and receipts for BMD NTCS, RZL or DATEV – with your tax codes.
Free for the firm
Your access costs nothing and never counts as a user. Your clients invite you directly.
Pricing
Less than an hour with your accountant. Per month.
Try everything for 14 days, no credit card. Then cancel any month.
Start
For small businesses under the VAT threshold and side businesses.
€9€7.50/ month
billed monthly, plus VAT€90 billed yearly, plus VAT
- ✓30 receipts a month
- ✓1 card and bank accounts
- ✓1 user + your accountant free
- ✓§ 11 check, matching, VAT return draft
- ✓Period ZIP with PDFs and CSV
Standard
For businesses that hand their month to an accountant.
€19€16/ month
billed monthly, plus VAT€192 billed yearly, plus VAT
- ✓Unlimited receipts (photo, upload, email)
- ✓3 card and bank accounts
- ✓3 users + your accountant free
- ✓§ 11 check, matching, VAT return draft
- ✓Export for BMD, RZL and DATEV
Plus
For teams, several businesses and everyone who files themselves.
€29€24/ month
billed monthly, plus VAT€288 billed yearly, plus VAT
- ✓Unlimited receipts (photo, upload, email)
- ✓Unlimited card and bank accounts
- ✓Unlimited users + your accountant free
- ✓§ 11 check, matching, VAT return draft
- ✓Export for BMD, RZL and DATEV
- ✓Each further business −30 %
All prices net. A smaller plan keeps all your data; your price stays as long as the subscription runs.
FAQ
Good to know
Does PrestoBooks replace my accountant?+
No. PrestoBooks is a tool: it collects, reads and checks your receipts and prepares the month. Bookkeeping, filing and advice stay with your accountant – who simply has far fewer questions with PrestoBooks.
Which software does my accountant use?+
Most Austrian accounting firms use BMD NTCS, many use RZL. For both (and DATEV) PrestoBooks creates the import file with personal accounts and receipts. Ask your firm – or invite them right away, their access is free.
What happens after the trial?+
The first 14 days are free and need no credit card. If you choose no plan afterwards, everything stays readable and exportable – you just cannot add anything new. Nothing is deleted.
How long are my receipts kept?+
As long as you use PrestoBooks – the legal period is seven years from the end of the calendar year (§ 132 BAO). You can download everything as a ZIP at any time.
Where is my data?+
On servers in the EU. Receipts are also only read by services in the EU. You can export all your data and delete your account at any time.
I am under the small-business VAT threshold – is it worth it?+
Yes: Start is made for you. PrestoBooks works without VAT, warns you before you reach the €55,000 threshold and still gives your accountant a complete month.
Can I run several businesses?+
Yes. Each business has its own plan, and with Plus each further business costs 30 % less.
Your next month-end close takes ten minutes.
Start today, upload last month's receipts and see for yourself what is missing.
Try it free for 14 daysNo credit card · cancel any time