The BBC : Collecting the Television Licence Fee Great Britain: National Audit Office
Date: 16 May 2002
Publisher: TSO
Format: Paperback::38 pages
ISBN10: 0102915709
ISBN13: 9780102915709
The licence fee for colour TV is 154.50 ( 52 for old black and white sets) per In its place, the BBC should be financed out of the government's to collect the tax through a licence fee as it does to collect other forms of tax. To control costs and limit evasion, collection is through electricity or I estimate that 50% of radio output, and 90% of TV output lacks real Does the licence fee allow the BBC to ignore government pressure editorially? A television licence secures your legal viewing for an entire year and is payable in advance. First-time applicants for a television licence must pay the full annual fee of R265. Renewals must be made annually before the licence expires. Renewal payments may be spread throughout the year at R28 per month. The BBC Licence Fee Unit is responsible for the administration, collection and enforcement of the TV licence fee. The BBC took over the role of Television Licensing Authority from the Home Office as a result of the Broadcasting Act 1990. It contracts a number of private companies to fulfil this statutory role. Television licence income accounts for approximately 74 per cent of the BBC's net revenue. Capita said it now collects 3.7bn in licence fees THE BBC: COLLECTING THE TELEVISION LICENCE FEE 1 executive summary 1 The television licence fee is collected the BBC and used to fund public service broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom. In 2000-01 the BBC issued 23.4 million licences, receiving 2,371 million in licence fee income, In Ireland, a television licence is required for any address at which there is a television set. Since 2016, the annual licence fee is 160. Revenue is collected An Post, the Irish postal service.The bulk of the fee is used to fund Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the state broadcaster.The licence must be paid for any premises that has any equipment that can potentially decode TV How much does a TV licence cost in other countries? Around two-thirds of Europe uses licences fees, but where do people pay the most? TV Licensing, the organisation responsible for collecting the BBC's Licence Fee, will enforce the law change through the same monitoring Television licence fee evasion affects all licence payers. And the BBC has been responsible for collecting the licence fee since 1991. The TV Licence fee is collected An Post and distributed the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. From the TV Licence receipts, the Department pays An Post commission in respect of the TV Licence activities An Post undertakes in its role as the Minister's collection Agent. Licence fee collection Effective financial management is a key part of the BBC s unique relationship with its audiences. This includes spending the licence fee efficiently and collecting funding of the BBC: should the television licence fee be retained and modernised of collection, as the ability to exclude non-payers varies across distribution Capita, the outsourcing company, is catching fewer TV licence Capita is paid 58m a year the BBC to collect the licence fee, which Why GRA should collect TV licence fees and not GBC The reintroduce the collection of TV License fee, after putting it on hold due to non-payments, has The semi-state postal operator currently carries out all TV licence sales The firm, which is paid 59 million a year to collect fees for the BBC, Income from the licence is primarily used to fund the television, radio and online services of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The total income from licence fees was 3.7872 billion in 2016 17 of which 630.4 million or 16.6% was provided the government through concessions for those over the age of 75. Households in France are required pay an annual television licence fee, although there is an exemption for those on a low income. The contribution l'audiovisuel public (also known as la redevance) funds the five public television channels in mainland France - France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5, and Arte. Speaking at the launch of the House to House collection campaign at Broadcasting House in Accra, the Director General of the the GBC, Dr. Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow asked government to help enforce TV licence fee to be replaced with charge for all household devices and will be putting the collection of the TV licence fee out to public tender later this year. Which collects the fee on The official TV Licensing website contains a wealth of information about the TV licence, who needs to pay it and how to pay. The official TV Licensing website contains a wealth of information about the TV licence, who needs to pay it and how to pay.TV Licensing. The licence fee was introduced as a reasonable way of recovering the co. Way of recovering the costs of the BBC from its users, and the TV Licence The BBC does not set, collect or receive the money from the licence fee. Up to 50 MP's demanded recently an urgent Government review of BBC funding funded tax that they are independently allowed to, first, claim and, second, collect. The current TV licence fee started in 1946 - TV licence might have been The BBC can be too heavy-handed and "accusatory" in chasing up licence fee payments from viewers and listeners, but should be tougher on "hard core evaders", a BBC Trust review has concluded. In TV Licensing, who collect the licence fee, will be advising fee payers due News of the price hike comes as the BBC are facing criticism over What does your licence fee pay for? The UK is buying more TV Licences than ever 1.This income means all licence payers can enjoy an ever-wider choice of BBC shows and services, including TV, radio, podcasts, iPlayer, apps and the BBC website - free at Licence-fee outsourcer Capita caught wringing BBC tax from vulnerable Enforcement officers bully their way to catching 28 offenders per week for 15,000 bonus Alexander J Martin 27 Feb 2017 at The BBC is responsible for issuing TV licences and collecting the licence fee. It holds contracts with various providers for activities related to collection, the two largest of which are with Capita and Proximity. TV licence fee revenue has increased every year since 2010-11, from 3.51 billion to 3.74 billion in 2015-16. The Capita Group plc has today been appointed - subject to contract - to a new BBC contract to handle TV Licensing's collection, administration and enforcement services for the next eight years. review: TV licence fee collection BBC Trust response As the governing body of the BBC, the Trust has ultimate responsibility for stewardship of the licence fee. Value-for-money reviews like this one are an integral part of the governance framework through which the Trust fulfils this responsibility and we are grateful to the NAO for their report.
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