Vienna. The GIS fee, which has been on the agenda for years and whose signatures are collected every year, is shelved! According to the new system announced by the Turquoise-Green coalition on Thursday afternoon, the location of GIS “ORF fee” will receive. January 1, 2024 In the new system, which will be implemented as of today, the citizens are expected to pay a slightly smaller amount. Secondary residences and those who were previously exempt from GIS will not have to pay the new amount in the future.
Media Minister Susanne Raab (ÖVP) states that the new ORF fee is per main residence, excluding provincial taxes. monthly 15 avro announced that it would. According to the coalition, the new ORF fee will bring a significant reduction for the 3.2 million fee payers. According to Raab’s calculation, the savings in all federal states, compared to the current situation, amount to about 30 percent.
Raab made a statement to the press. „We have agreed with our coalition partner on the ORF contribution for financing the ORF. Without state taxes, this amount will be around 15 euros instead of the previous 22.45 euros. This will result in a significant ORF discount and Austrians will pay much less for ORF in the future than before. 90 percent of the public will be visibly relieved by this” he stressed.
ORF provincial tax is as follows:
Burgenland: 6 euros (old) – 5.20 euros (new)
Carinthia: 5.10 euros (old) – 4.18 euros (new)
Lower Austria: 5.80 euros (old) – 4.79 euros (new)
Salzburg: 4.70 euros (old) – 3.90 euros (new)
Styria: 6.20 Euro (old) – 4.79 Euro (new)
Tyrol: 4 Euro (old) – 3.26 Euro (new)
Vienna: 5.89 Euros (old) – 3.43 Euros (new)
Upper Austria and Vorarlberg’de There is no provincial tax.
It is stated that the new regulation became necessary due to the decision of the Constitutional Court dated 30 June 2022 that “it is unconstitutional to broadcast ORF programs free of charge over the internet”. (yenivatan.at)