Micro-Credentials for Accounting and Tax Professionals

Compact and Tailored: Micro-Credentials for Accounting and Tax Professionals

Are you a tax expert working for the Austrian tax administration or in the private sector looking to pursue targeted professional development? With our clearly focused micro-credentials, you can expand your professional expertise with pinpoint precision.

Whether it’s digital accounting, tax law, tax procedural law and criminal tax law, or income tax law: Choose the right micro-credential and take the next step in your career!
 


Your Benefits

  • certified specialization

  • rapid skill development

  • flexible learning: online and on campus

  • tax consulting meets tax administration: different perspectives from the private and public sectors

  • counts toward the master’s degree program in Tax Management

    Good to Know: Your Path to the Master’s Degree Program

    The four micro-credentials are designed for Bachelor’s (Professional) graduates as well as professionals and executives. Academically and administratively, they are integrated into the master’s degree program in Tax Management at Hochschule Campus Wien and can be credited toward that degree. Students in the master’s degree program in Tax Management can also earn these credits.


    Micro-Credential: Digital Accounting 1, Controlling, Taxation

    Strengthen your expertise in business taxation, controlling, and financial reporting in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Upon completion of this micro-credential, you will understand methods for managing companies, be able to critically analyze and evaluate them, and share this knowledge with others. You will be familiar with the differences in valuation between the Austrian Commercial Code (UGB) and IFRS and be able to critically examine them. You will understand corporate legal structures from both a tax law and business management perspective and apply this knowledge to specific scenarios.

     

    Facts

    Organisational form
    Part-time
     
     

    Cost
    €430 + ÖH contribution

    Duration
    1 semester (block sessions)
    November 13, 2026 – January 23, 2027

    Final degree
    Certificate

    ECTS
    9 ECTS

     

    Language of instruction
    German

     

    Focus Areas

    • methods and key performance indicators in corporate management

    • valuation methods according to IFRS

      Do you have questions or want to apply? We will send you all the details.

      Curriculum

      Business Taxation (ILE)

      January 8, 2027, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
      January 8, 2027, 1:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
      January 22, 2027, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
      January 23, 2027, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

      Controlling & Corporate Management, Sustainable Corporate Governance (SE)

      December 11, 2026, 1:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
      January 23, 2027, 12:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

      IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standards (ILE)

      November 13, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
      November 13, 2026, 1:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
      November 14, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
      November 14, 2026, 12:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
      November 28, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
      December 12, 2026, 3:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m.


      Micro-credential: Digital Accounting 2 and Tax Law

      Deepen your expertise with case studies based on the Austrian Commercial Code (UGB), tax law, and consolidation. Upon completion of this micro-credential, you will have in-depth knowledge of national accounting and the tax treatment of cross-cutting issues. You will independently develop financial reporting solutions in accordance with the Austrian Commercial Code (UGB) and evaluate the tax implications of various alternatives based on tax law and taxation. In international consolidation, you will prepare consolidated financial statements, independently apply this expertise to real-world cases, and develop solutions for consolidation issues. 
       

       

      Facts

      Organisational form
      Part-time

       

      Cost
      €270 + ÖH contribution

      Duration
      2 semesters (block sessions)
      November 28, 2026 – end of summer semester 2027

      Final degree
      Certificate

      ECTS
      5 ECTS

       

      Language of instruction
      German

       

      Focus Areas

      • case studies on partnerships and reorganizations

      • full consolidation

      • capital consolidation

        Do you have questions or want to apply? We will send you all the details.

        Curriculum

        Integrated Case Studies Based on the Austrian Commercial Code (UGB) and Tax Law (ILE)

        November 28, 2026, 10:35 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
        November 28, 2026, 12:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
        December 11, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
        January 9, 2027, 9:50 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

        Consolidation (ILE)

        in the summer semester of 2027 (dates to be announced)


        Micro-credential: Income Tax Law

        Focus on income tax and corporate tax law. Upon completion of this micro-credential, you will apply your in-depth knowledge of income tax law—particularly international tax law and EU law—independently and in a solution-oriented manner in your work, and confidently share this knowledge with colleagues. Additionally, you will strengthen your ability to act in a solution-oriented manner in conflict situations.

         

        Facts

        Organisational form
        Part-time

         

        Cost
        €430 + ÖH contribution

        Duration
        2 semesters (block sessions)
        September 19, 2026 – end of summer semester 2027

        Final degree
        Certificate

        ECTS
        9 ECTS

         

        Language of instruction
        German

         

        Focus Areas

        • special issues in profit and income determination

        • tax assessment of partnerships

        • hybrid structures

        • exemption for participation income

          Do you have questions or want to apply? We will send you all the details.

          Curriculum

          Special Topics in Income Tax Law I (LE)

          October 17, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
          January 9, 2027, 12:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
          January 22, 2027, 1:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

          Special Topics in Corporate Income Tax Law (ILE)

          September 19, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
          September 19, 2026, 12:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
          October 3, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
          October 3, 2026, 12:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
          October 16, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
          November 7, 2026, 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

          Special Topics in Income Tax Law II (SE)

          in the summer semester of 2027 (dates to be announced)


          Micro-Credential: Tax Procedural Law and Criminal Tax Law

          Strengthen your expertise in financial, economic, procedural, and nonprofit law. Upon completion of this micro-credential, you will have in-depth knowledge of tax procedural law as well as financial and economic criminal law, including nonprofit law. You will be able to apply your knowledge independently, in a practical and solution-oriented manner.

           

          Facts

          Organisational form
          Part-time

           

          Cost
          €400 + ÖH contribution

          Duration
          2 semesters (block sessions)
          September 18, 2026 through the end of the 2027 summer semester 

          Final degree
          Certificate

          ECTS
          8 ECTS

           

          Language of instruction
          German

           

          Focus Areas

          • methods for handling complex cases in business law

          • exceptions to res judicata

          • nonprofit organizations

            Do you have questions or want to apply? We will send you all the details.

            Curriculum

            Special Issues in Financial and Economic Criminal Law (ILV)

            2 October 2026, 1.15 pm–5.30 pm
            16 October 2026, 1.15 pm–5.30 pm
            6 November 2026, 1.15 pm–5.30 pm

            Special Issues in Procedural Law (ILE)

            2 October 2026, 1.15 pm–5.30 pm
            16 October 2026, 1.15 pm–5.30 pm
            6 November 2026, 1.15 pm–5.30 pm

            Charitable Law (Lecture)

            in the summer semester 2027 (dates to follow)


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