Austria’s €2 Parcel Tax Takes Effect per Order
Austria’s Parcel Tax Act has taken effect, imposing a fixed €2 tax per qualifying B2C order, potentially affecting both FBA and FBM.
What are the key facts?
- 1Austria’s parcel tax took effect on October 1, 2026
- 2Fixed €2 tax per B2C order
- 3Rule covers FBA and FBM
What happened?
The latest announcement on the Amazon Europe seller forum states that Austria’s Parcel Tax Act took effect on October 1, 2026. The rule imposes a fixed €2 tax per B2C order delivered to consumers in Austria, covering orders shipped to Austria from Amazon’s France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and United Kingdom stores. Both FBA and FBM may be affected. For cross-border sellers, the change involves not only higher costs but also price display, settlement reports, profit calculations, and promotional budgets. Low-average-order-value products, split multi-item orders, and free-shipping products may face greater practical impact because the fixed €2 can represent a higher share of sales. Sellers must confirm whether Amazon collects and remits the tax, verify how the tax is classified in payment reports, and reassess minimum prices and free-shipping thresholds for Austria.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
Austria’s parcel tax charges €2 per qualifying B2C order, requiring both FBA and FBM sellers to verify how the cost is allocated. Low-value products, split multi-item orders, and free-shipping products face greater margin pressure, so prices, free-shipping thresholds, settlement reports, and promotional budgets should be reviewed together.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, filter B2C orders shipped to Austria and group them by the Amazon France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and United Kingdom stores and by FBA or FBM. Verify the tax allocation in payment reports and create a channel-and-fulfillment-method reconciliation table.VAT quick lookup
- 2This week, recalculate the €2-per-order cost for low-value, split multi-item, and free-shipping products shipped to Austria, checking prices and free-shipping thresholds separately; produce a list of products requiring changes and the profit calculations.
- 3This week, confirm with finance whether Amazon collects and remits Austria’s parcel tax, and record the €2-per-order cost in settlement and promotional budgets; complete a payment-report sample check and tax-allocation record.