tv licence query

what_car

not sure whether this is the correct forum but anyways,

came home this evening to find a slip from the tv licence inspector in the letter box, a yellow slip and a form with " aerial on roof observed" ticked.

im not sure whether he peeped into the sitting room or not, as blinds were not fully down.....

anyways, it says he will return visit in 7 days,

are they really that efficient? or can i hold out 2wks until i am more flush with cash.

it another stealth tax, i dont watch rte, not that they have anything good on anyways.... and mainly watch sky, so its poor value for money thats for sure, also cant seem to be able to buy a licence online!! whats the story there

neGev

No, you stick to your guns!
Don't pay, it'll be an empirical study as to the efficiency of TV license inspectors for the rest of us.

monkeyfudge

Lots of payment options mentioned here:

http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/Personal+Customers/More+from+An+Post/TV+Licence/

Seems you can pay online through the BillPay service

what_car

neGev wrote:

No, you stick to your guns!
Don't pay, it'll be an empirical study as to the efficiency of TV license inspectors for the rest of us.

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very useful.... indeed....;)

DMC

what_car wrote:

it another stealth tax, i dont watch rte, not that they have anything good on anyways.... and mainly watch sky, so its poor value for money thats for sure, also cant seem to be able to buy a licence online!! whats the story there

Having a TV is condition enough for a licence fee.
Even a computer with a TV tuner card.

mjsmyth

I got my licence online with Billpay.ie It was nice and simple.

Do a search for older discussions on RTE and the Licence and so on and so forth.

mj

watty

There is nothing stealthy about it. It's nothing to do with watching RTE either.

It is a lot cheaper too than car road tax, Full Chorus/Sky/NTL sub or what people spend on DVDs.

I suspect most of people who object it is because their reception still works without it and it is less policed than car tax disc.

NO money to sky is indigineous, even VAT goes to UK. (Install VAT goes to Ireland). Licence feed does fund non-RTE production too.

BUt it is irrelevent how the money is spent. You are breaking the law and freeloading on those that do pay it if you have ANY TV reception (Aerial, Cable, Live IPTV, Satellite) of any TV station on any apparatus.

what_car

watty wrote:

There is nothing stealthy about it. It's nothing to do with watching RTE either.

It is a lot cheaper too than car road tax, Full Chorus/Sky/NTL sub or what people spend on DVDs.

I suspect most of people who object it is because their reception still works without it and it is less policed than car tax disc.

NO money to sky is indigineous, even VAT goes to UK. (Install VAT goes to Ireland). Licence feed does fund non-RTE production too.

BUt it is irrelevent how the money is spent. You are breaking the law and freeloading on those that do pay it if you have ANY TV reception (Aerial, Cable, Live IPTV, Satellite) of any TV station on any apparatus.

yeah yeah whatever:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Ulsterman 1690

Having an aerial on your roof doesnt necessairly mean you have an unlicenced TV

People can have aerials on their roofs for FM radio, Broadband, Amateur radio, CB radio, Radio Scanners, Mobile radio etc etc etc

Or it could have belonged to the previous occupants

The Irish and UK TV licence laws differ in various respects but in both countries you dont have to let them in without a warrant in fact you dont even have to speak with them or answer questions.

When I was working in Dublin I never paid the licence because I never watched RTE. I pay it here because the Beeb is value for money (although In recent years Ive been having second thoughts on that one)

watty

You can't take an a la carte approach to keeping the law. You broke the law if you had a functional TV receiver.

It's nothing to do with how fair it is or how the government allocates the money.

If you run your truck on old Chipper oil you still have to pay some duty.

Or are the "politicians" in Ireland that define their own laws and have private armies right after all. Not paying TV licence could be a thin end of a wedge.


The TV licence is NOTHING to do with watching RTE or BBC. It is NOT a subscription. It *IS* a tax. It is for historic reasons where the bulk of the money actually goes.


If you don't want to pay it cut the plug off every apparatus that has a TV tuner and put them in cupboard. Show it to inspector. That works. I didn't have TV for two years. So didn't pay licence.


Anyway this fruitless argument arises periodically.

byte

what_car wrote:

yeah yeah whatever:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

If you've nothing constructive to say, then please don't bother posting at all.