New debts 2025

Tyrolean state budget in place, red figure dominates

The Innsbruck Landhaus

(Bild: Christof Birbaumer/Kronen Zeitung)

The draft budget for 2025 provides for 147.6 million euros in new debt, with expenditure rising from 5.64 to 6 billion euros. No more net new debt is planned from 2026. 

Governor Anton Mattle is sticking to his goal of being able to present a balanced budget without new debt by 2026. Until then, however, Tyrol's chief financial officer will still be in the red. Net new debt of 147 million euros will be necessary next year in order to close the gap between revenue and expenditure.

We are determined not to leave a debt backpack to future generations. A reduction of ten percent was made in the area of funding and investment in order to gain scope for setting priorities.

Landeshauptmann Anton Mattle, ÖVP

Rating agencies nevertheless satisfied
This is a lower amount than expected, which is due to its "strict guidelines", explained Mattle: "All departments were asked to find potential savings. In the budgeting process, a reduction of 10 percent was made in the funding and investment area in order to gain scope for setting priorities." In addition, the debt brake of a maximum of 25 percent of operating income sets even stricter requirements than international rating agencies specify.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Land Tirol , stock.adobe.com)

Debt level on the rise
Compared to other federal states, the per capita debt of 1703 euros is "extremely low", Mattle explained the Tyrolean budget path. The scope for action in the areas of health, education and housing has been maintained. This is where the largest growth rates are to be found (see chart). At the end of 2025, there will be 1.323 billion euros in debt, compared to 1.175 billion previously.

Neos see Tyrol far from a zero deficit
"I very much doubt whether the promised plan of a zero deficit will even succeed in this period. The promised debt limit of one billion euros has long since been exceeded," explained Neos-LA Susanna Riedlsperger. "The €50 million that will be freed up by 10% in subsidies and investments is exactly the almost €50 million less we will receive from federal taxes this year. De facto nothing has been saved!"