For fuel whose tax liability arises between 1 and 31 October 2026, Austria’s mineral oil tax (Mineralölsteuer) is €415 per 1,000 litres of petrol and €330 per 1,000 litres of diesel, down from €463 and €378 in September. The finance minister set the rates in the October 2026 fuel-price ordinance (Treibstoffpreisabfederungsverordnung, BGBl. II No. 289/2026, published on 30 September 2026).
What changes
| Fuel | September 2026 | 1–31 October 2026 | Effect per litre, incl. 20% VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol (Eurosuper 95) | €463 | €415 | −5.8 cents |
| Diesel | €378 | €330 | −5.8 cents |
What it means at the pump
€48 per 1,000 litres is 4.8 cents per litre; with 20% VAT on top, that is about 5.8 cents per litre less for both petrol and diesel, if the pre-tax price stays the same. In the European Commission’s Weekly Oil Bulletin, the Austrian average on 5 October 2026 was €1.837 per litre of Eurosuper 95 and €2.138 per litre of diesel.
How long
The ordinance applies until 31 October 2026. It is based on § 64(5) of the Mineral Oil Tax Act 2022 (BGBl. I No. 82/2026), which lets the finance minister cut the rates by at most €67 per 1,000 litres, one calendar month at a time, until 30 November 2026 at the latest. No ordinance for November has been published yet.
Official source
§ 2. Die Mineralölsteuer beträgt 1. für 1 000 l Benzin gemäß § 3 Abs. 1 Z 1 lit. a MinStG 2022, für das die Steuerschuld nach dem 30. September 2026 und vor dem 1. November 2026 entsteht, 415 Euro; 2. für 1 000 l Gasöl gemäß § 3 Abs. 1 Z 4 lit. a MinStG 2022, für das die Steuerschuld nach dem 30. September 2026 und vor dem 1. November 2026 entsteht, 330 Euro.
BGBl. II No. 289/2026 (Austrian legal information system RIS, published 30 September 2026; in force 1–31 October 2026). The quote is in German: “for 1,000 litres of petrol … 415 euros; for 1,000 litres of gas oil … 330 euros”.
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Calculation: change in excise × (1 + 20% VAT), at an unchanged pre-tax price. Prices are the European Commission’s weekly averages of 5 October 2026.