Close of a branch office
Online forms
Online-procedure:
Trade – additional place of business – cessation of business activities German text
Necessary for online procedure: GISA -number ( e.g. 123456/g/06/07 – can be found in the GISA extract and in notifications sent by the trade authority), companies register number or social security number
General information
Cessation of activities in an additional place of business (branch office) must be reported to the competent trade authority.
The reported cessation of activities forms the basis for deleting the entry of this place of business in the Austrian Business Licence Information System ( GISA ).
Deadlines
Basically, business activities in a branch office may cease at any time.
The report must be received by the trade authority no later than the day on which business ceases in an additional location.
Please note
If the holder of a trade licence fails to report cessation of business in an additional location within the deadline requirement of the trade authority, he/she commits an administrative offence carrying a fine of up to 2,189 Euro.
Competent authority
Additional information
Trade authority locally competent for the location of the additional place of business:
- District Authority German text
- in cities with their own municipal law : Municipal Authority German text
- in Vienna: Municipal District Office or Municipal Department MA 63 ( → City of Vienna) German text depending on the trade concerned.
Procedure
Cessation of activities in an additional place of business may be reported – either with or without the use of an official form – personally, in writing or by electronic means.
An informal report shall include the following information:
- Name of the holder of the trade licence
- Designation of the trade
- Location of trade as well as location of the additional place of business
- GISA -number
- Date as of which the trade activities will be ceased in the additional place of business
Please note
Provided all requirements are met, business registration procedures can be completed electronically via GISA-Express ( → BMWET ) German text directly within the Trades Information System Austria ( GISA ). The requested authorisations or amendments are automatically approved without further processing by the authorities and are immediately publicly verifiable via GISA .
Costs
Non-regulated ("free") and regulated trades (including sub-trades):
No fees or taxes are incurred.
Data protection
I have noted that the data provided by me, as well as any data received by the administration over the course of the preliminary investigation, will be automatically processed as per article 6, para. 1 lit. c and e of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance with the underlying material laws of the legal process. Furthermore, I am aware that this is for the purpose of executing the legal procedure initiated by me, the granting of regulatory approval and also for the purpose of review. I have read the general information regarding:
- the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, withdrawal and objection, as well as on data portability
- the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority
- the responsibilities of the process controller and the data protection officer as per https://datenschutz.stmk.gv.at.