Three billion euros

Price explosion looms for passports, driving licenses and more

Smokers - of both traditional and e-cigarettes - are also asked to pay.

(Bild: Pressefoto Scharinger/Daniel Scharinger)

Smokers, pensioners, the unemployed and house builders: we are all paying for the blue-black budget overhaul. Because more than half of the 6.4 billion euros will have to be borne by private households - with higher fees and more expensive cigarettes. The banks are also defending themselves now that Kickl is calling for a levy.

Significant price increases are to be expected for documents and certificates. As the federal fees have not been increased since 2011, there is now a threat of a price adjustment of up to 44 percent. We will feel the effects above all when it comes to issuing documents: So a passport could soon cost 110 instead of 76 euros, a B driving license 90 instead of 60 euros, and car registration could rise from 120 to 172 euros. For an express passport, you would have to pay around 143 euros instead of the current 100 euros, and 316 euros for a one-day express passport (instead of the current 220 euros). PV systems and boiler replacements will also become more expensive.