Gwirks about payment

New broadcasting fee made a Viennese woman sweat

Since January 1, the new ORF contribution has been charged and collected by the OBS.(Bild: Martin Jöchl)

Since January 1st, the former GIS fee has been collected as a household fee by ORF-Beitrags Service GmbH (OBS). However, the changeover is not exactly running smoothly. A Viennese woman also had to experience this. Despite exemplary behavior, she was threatened with execution.

In mid-January, Ines B. (name changed) took care of everything herself and issued a direct debit authorization. The tax was supposed to be debited and paid automatically. However, this did not happen despite several requests. Two reminders were sent instead. Ms. B. is not an isolated case. The ombudswoman and Krone+ looked into the details.