You will need to contact your local council offices Centre des Impots Fonciers or Bureau de Cadastre to sort out your TV Licence, as you should obviously not be paying this if you have no TV. Regarding your Taxe d'Habitation bills, I understood that if property is not yet habitable, ie: not furnished and with no services connected, then you should be able to get a discount or exemption from Taxe d'Habitation. Your Mairie may also be able to help.
My colleague Joanna, who used to live in France, is not entirely sure about this but feels you may have to pay for a TV Licence. This is normally automatically added to your Taxe d'Habitation bill however, so if it hasn't been added then you could be lucky.
If it has, you will need to contact your local council offices Centre des Impots Fonciers or Bureau de Cadastre to argue your case. Sorry not to be of more help. Is there an age exemption for the French TV licence? I used to pay with the Taxe d'habitation but now it says 0. I'm 65 now. I understand exemptions do occur but they are based on your French tax return and your income, not just your age.
So it would seem this exemption has applied to you. If you have any queries, you can always check with the office concerned. Do we have to pay for a TV licence please? Thanks for contacting us, though I am afraid I'm not sure of the answer to your question. I can see the sense in not paying it, as you say you don't possess a TV and don't watch TV, but this is France we are talking about.
Though as this is normally automatically added to your Taxe d'Habitation bill, if it hasn't been added then you could be lucky. We regularly receive an opt out form to re-state we have no TV so assume we don't pay. We live in Switzerland by the way - don't know if this has any bearing?! Maybe one day they will do a dawn raid to try catch us out! Many thanks for your response. Hello - I have a summer home in France, never spend more than two months per year there. I am not a resident. I do pay Taxe d'Habitation and Taxe Fonciere.
Is the TV tax required if I am not a resident? Is it included with the Taxe d'Habitation tax as you have alluded to above? Thanks for your help. In answer to your questions, I understand that if you have a TV, then you will have to pay for a TV Licence la redevance audiovisuelle , which is paid as part of your Taxe d'Habitation. It does not matter if you are not a resident, or only there for two months a year.
Hi - we recently moved to the Languedoc and have successfully installed a cm satellite dish to pick up about channels including all the UK ones we wanted oh and about other useless ones..! We would now quite like to access the free French channels to improve our French - the question is Many thanks. I think this may depend on your TV, as to whether you need a box to pick up free French channels, but I was under the impression that the same satellite dish could be used.
As I am no expert in these matters however, it may be worth asking someone who is. Have you asked whoever installed your dish how you might do this? Or you could try contacting some electricians who work in France, perhaps using our Business Directory. Should anyone reading this be able to help, please do get in touch. Hello, this is the most helpful site I've visited so far on the TV subject.
I have a holiday home in Herault, there is an old sat dish and cabling in place and I'm wondering if I connect a British bought TV to it will I be able to pick up any TV channels?
Do I need to buy a receiving box and what are the options? I'll be happy enough with the free French channels. Has France switched to digital only or could I pick up some French channels with an old fashioned aerial?
I would think it may depend on how new your TV is, whether it has a decoder in it. New TVs should work. They may need to be upgraded. France has switched to digital. For expert advice though I would suggest you contact an electrician who works in France, perhaps using our Business Directory?
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While their main focus is on French politics, they also parody international events from time to time.
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