Key analyses
A selection of recent work is provided below. The analyses are available only in German.
Parliamentary Budget Office
The Budget Office advises the National Council on matters of public finance and provides government-independent analyses of the budget and (legislative) proposals as well as of fiscal policy, economic, and budgetary issues.
All key analyses
The analyses are available only in German.
Budget
The Budget Office prepares analyses of the annual budget, the federal financial framework, budget execution, the long-term budget forecast, and of items submitted within the European Semester.
Analyses upon request
The Budget Office prepares analyses upon request of Members of the Budget Committee.
Analyses of legislative proposals
The Budget Office analyses legislative proposals of budgetary significance and their impact assessments.
Performance and gender budgeting
The Budget Office conducts analyses of performance budgeting and its implementation, with a focus on gender budgeting.
About us
The Budget Office supports the National Council in its control function vis‑à‑vis the government by providing independent expertise on issues of public finance. It advises the Budget Committee with analyses of the budget and (legislative) proposals as well as of fiscal policy, economic, and budgetary issues.
All analyses conducted by the Budget Office are publicly available on the Parliament's website. Fiscal transparency helps to reduce information asymmetries between Parliament and Government in budgetary issues and contributes to greater accountability in public finances.
Budget visualisation
The interactive budget visualisation provides a quick and transparent overview of the details of the current budget and developments in previous years. The charts and tables help users to understand the relationships between budget allocations or to explore the revenues from individual taxes. A separate interactive visualisation highlights where the budget outcomes deviated most significantly from the plan. Other graphs provide monthly updates on budget execution and display important macroeconomic and government finance data and forecasts. The budget visualisation is available only in German.
Publications
Selected publications by employees of the Budget Office:
- Paul Eckerstorfer, Markus Riegler, Friedrich Sindermann (2025): "Inflation and Government Response – Distributional Impact on Austrian Households", International Journal of Microsimulation, Volume 18 (3), p. 132‑154.
- Johann Seiwald, Petra Gschiel (2023): "Digital Transformation – Lessons from Austrian Budget Practices", IMF Public Financial Management (PFA) Blog.
- Tobias Polzer, Johann Seiwald (2022): "Debate: The role of intermediaries between demand and supply of performance information. The missing link?", Public Money & Management.
- Julia Bachtrögler-Unger, Julia Bock-Schappelwein, Paul Eckerstorfer, Peter Huber, Christine Mayrhuber, Mark Sommer, Gerhard Streicher (2020): "The economic impact of increasing equality between women and men", WIFO-Monatsberichte, Vol. 93 (12), p. 899‑908. The publication is available only in German.
- Marian Fink, Jitka Janová, Danuše Nerudová, Jan Pavel, Margit Schratzenstaller, Friedrich Sindermann, Martin Spielauer (2019): "(Gender-differentiated) Effects of Changes in Personal Income Taxation", Intereconomics, Vol. 54, p. 146‑154.
- Marian Fink, Jitka Janová, Danuše Nerudová, Jan Pavel, Margit Schratzenstaller, Friedrich Sindermann, Martin Spielauer (2019): "Policy Recommendations on the Gender Effects of Changes in Tax Bases, Rates, and Units: Results of Microsimulation Analyses for Six Selected EU Member States", FairTax Working Paper Series No. 24.