Horrendous fees

How companies cheat the ORF

As reported, a Tyrolean entrepreneur has to pay 12,000 euros in ORF fees because construction sites in municipalities are considered business premises. She and other affected companies have only one way out. 

Annual ORF fees amounting to 12,000 euros for a medium-sized, local company: "Not an isolated case", Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Thaler has now sounded the alarm via "Krone": "Several Tyrolean companies with payment requests of the same amount have already contacted the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce. This represents a double or multiple burden that is absolutely unacceptable!" says WK President Thaler.