TV ROYALTY 2022. If you are still paying the housing tax, a new date for reimbursement of the audiovisual license fee is scheduled for next October. All the details in our dedicated article.
[Mis à jour le 21 septembre 2022 à 08h16] The tv license fee was permanently deleted within the framework of the purchasing power law aimed at protecting the most modest households against the rise in the cost of living. This local tax of 138 euros You will therefore be fully reimbursed before the end of 2022. A timetable has been put in place to allow you to obtain this reimbursement depending on your situation. For taxpayers exempt from housing tax, it’s settled, the refund has been made. Conversely, if you are still paying the housing tax, the reimbursement of the audiovisual license fee has not yet arrived.
In this case, the full refund will be sent to you by automatic bank transfer in October 2022. For the time being, no exact date has been communicated by the executive. Note that a second option is also possible, it is a reduction of what you have to pay in respect of the residence tax, if the amount of the monthly payments already deducted is less than the amount of housing tax due for 2022. To ensure that the payment has been received, a transfer denominated “REMB.EXCD.IMPOT” must appear on your bank statement. As a reminder, the abolition of the audiovisual license fee represents a shortfall of 3.7 billion euros for the State which will be compensated by a transfer of a fraction of the VAT proceeds up to at the end of 2024.
The abolition of the tv license fee will give rise to various reimbursements during the months of September and October 2022. Three main situations exist, here they are:
- Monthly payment and exempt from housing tax : reimbursement in September by bank transfer
- Monthly payment and payment of housing tax : reimbursement in October
- non-mensual : no steps
In 2021, the public audiovisual contribution amounted to 138 euros, for everyone and regardless of the composition of your household or the number of televisions. Overseas, it was lower since it stood at 88 euros. As a reminder, the contribution to public broadcasting had to be paid each year before its abolition in the summer of 2022. Since 2005, it was backed by the housing tax. Its amount was therefore entered on the notice of assessment of the local tax.
The amending finance law (LFR) for 2022 published in Official newspaper of August 17, 2022 abolishes from 2022 the contribution to public broadcasting which makes it possible to finance public broadcasting. This fee, which brought in 3.7 billion euros to the State, will be compensated by a transfer of a fraction of the VAT proceeds until the end of 2024. The abolition of the fee is part of the government’s desire to reduce the taxes of the French in the face of the constant rise in inflation for several months. It is also possible to mention the abolition of the housing tax which will concern all owners of their main residence in 2023.
You discover that you are liable for the TV license fee and want to know if there are any exemption situations? Here are the taxpayers who are not subject to this tax:
- You benefit from the AAH and your income does not exceed a ceiling.
- You are disabled or live with a disabled person: exemption is possible, again subject to income.
- Your reference tax income is equal to 0.
- You are under 21 (or under 25 and studying) and are still attached to your parents’ tax household.
- You are over 60 or you are a widow (or widower): it is possible to benefit from an exemption subject to income (see below).
- You receive the minimum old age (ASPA) or the ASI.
- You live in an nursing home or a retirement home.
Remember that the reference tax income must also not exceed certain ceilings. Here are the reference tax income limits not to be exceeded:
- 1 part : 11 120 euros
- 1,5 part : 14 089 euros
- 2 parts : 17 058 euros
- 2,5 parts : 20 027 euros
- 3 parts : 22 996 euros