It was one of the measures in the Finance Reform Bill (PLFR) adopted in August. The rate that until then allowed financing public audiovisual media is abolished. As a result, millions of households will receive a transfer at the beginning of the school year from the tax administration, reports the echoes.
Indeed, some taxpayers will see the direct effects of this reform in their purchasing power from the beginning of September. These are households that have subscribed to the monthly installment of the residence tax and the fee. As a reminder, the housing tax and the contribution for public broadcasting are two taxes that are collected together.
But not all households that have opted for this monthly direct debit method will be affected immediately. Only households paid monthly and already totally exempt from housing tax will receive a refund of the amounts already paid for the contribution to public broadcasting, in 2022, starting in September. According to the echoesthis represents 6.2 million households in total.
Amounts subtracted from the property tax
As for monthly households that still pay part of the housing tax (20% of French people still have to pay this tax, indicates the place of the Ministry of Economy), will benefit from this measure a little later in the year. These taxpayers will see the sums, already paid for the audiovisual license fee, subtracted from the amount of their home tax collected this fall for 2022.
In total, almost 23 million households that have a television or a “similar device” will be exempt from this annual sum: 138 euros in mainland France and 88 euros in the overseas departments, according to the public service’s website. Instead of the fee, it is now a part of the value added tax (VAT) to be allocated to public broadcasting.
Source: BFM TV
