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Hypo Group: Losses Expected to Run into Billions
Hypo Group Alpe Adria is expected to reveal losses of around € 2bn in the balance sheet for the business year 2013. Up to now, losses in the amount of € 1.3bn were expected.
March 12, 2014
Austria: Wifo Expert Calls for Structural Tax Reform
According to Wifo-expert Schratzenstaller, the planned tax burdens on tobacco and automobiles are “largely useful”.
January 10, 2014
Austria: New Austerity Package to Come?
Austrian economists expect that the new government will draft another austerity package. Otherwise the fiscal objectives will not be achieved.
November 6, 2013
Austria Suffers from Company Exodus
Due to the relocation of businesses, the Austrian state has lost tax intake of € 1.3bn since 2008. The Austrian group taxation model must not be abolished experts of the Austrian Ministry of Finance say.
July 22, 2013
Austrian Governing Parties Disagree on EU Budget
The Austrian people´s party (ÖVP) has criticized Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann (SPÖ). The social democrats argue that the coalition partner ÖVP has “no team sprit”.
February 11, 2013
Banking Package: Austria to Lose Billions
Hannes Androsch, member of the publicly owned bank holding company Fimbag, fears that Austria´s losses will be substantial.
October 22, 2012
Austrian Budget: Experts Call for Further Reforms (Part 3)
Economists think that the budget does not contain enough reform steps. The opposition does not see any signs of progress.
October 16, 2012
Austrian Budget: Experts Call for Further Reforms (Part 2)
Austrian economic research institutes criticize the state budget and want the government to show more ambition.
October 16, 2012
Flat Tax in Austria?
The Austrian opposition party presented a “fair tax” model. The other parties criticized the proposal fiercely.
October 6, 2012
Costs of Austrian Banking Package: € 2.36bn
Since 2008, the Austrian government has resolved rescue packages worth € 21bn. Expenses totaled € 4.169bn, revenues reached € 1.814bn.
September 19, 2012
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