There is still a week left to request payment exemptionthe Rai license fee: applications, in fact, must be sent by June 30th. However, this is a possibility granted only to certain categories of taxpayers, namely those over 75 with low income, diplomats and foreign soldiers and finally taxpayers who own an electricity user who do not own a television set.
Over 75
The possibility of canceling the fee is granted to those over 75 with their own and their spouse’s total income not exceeding 8 thousand euros: in addition to this, there must be no cohabitants in the house who have their own income, with the obvious exception of carers, housekeepers and domestic servants. Anyone who finds themselves in this condition can present the substitute declaration by filling in section I of the form to certify that they meet the requirements to obtain exemption from paying the Rai license fee, which this year has decreased from 90 to 70 euros. Obviously this possibility is granted only if one or more television sets are present in the home and not if they are located elsewhere.
If the applicant turns 75 by January 31st at the latest, the benefit is available for the entire year; if this occurred between February 1st and July 31st, the benefit it is effective only for the second semester. If the economic conditions of the taxpayer’s family remain below the established threshold, the exemption is also valid in the years to come without there being any need to submit a new return each time. If any incidents occur changes in this sense, the citizen must present the declaration of change in conditions, which is found in section II of the form.
Foreign diplomats and soldiers
As a result of a series of international conventions, diplomatic agents (art.34 of the Vienna Convention of 18 April 1961), officials or consular employees (art.49 of the Vienna Convention of 24 April 1963), officials of international organizations, and finally soldiers of non-Italian citizenship or civilian personnel not resident in Italy of non-Italian citizenship belonging to the NATO forces stationed in our country (art. 10 of the London Convention of 19 June 1951).
Given that since 2016 the charging of the TV license fee directly on the invoice has come into forceelectricity user, those who fall into these categories can present the substitute declaration to assert their right to exemption and prevent this from happening. In the event that the declarant does not coincide with the owner of the residential electricity user but is still a member of the family, the complete personal data of the member of the family unit who owns said electricity user must also be included in the form.
Citizens who don’t have TV
Taxpayers holding a residential electricity contract who do not own television sets can submit a substitute declaration non-detention, thus avoiding having the Rai license fee charged to the bill: for this to happen regularly, none of the members of the family unit must have a television. In the event of the death of the citizen exempted from payment, the heirs will have the task of submitting a substitute declaration to certify that there is no television set in the house in which the electricity bill is still temporarily registered in the deceased’s name.
“Finally, also those who previously filed a complaint for termination of their television subscription for sealing”explains the Revenue Agency in a note, “can certify, again to avoid having to pay the fee on the bill, that they do not have, in any of the homes where the electricity account in their name is activated, an additional television set in addition to the one for which sealing was requested”.
Bearing in mind that the substitutive declaration of non-detention has annual validityin these cases it is necessary to fill in section A of the form.
How to proceed
After having correctly downloaded the form, the taxpayer can choose to proceed in different ways, namely:
- – with personal delivery to the offices of the Revenue Agency;
- – through the web application;
- – through authorized intermediaries, such as Caf or professionals;
- – by registered letter without envelope, enclosing a valid identification document in the package, to the address: “Revenue Agency – Provincial Directorate I of Turin – TV License Office – PO Box 22 – 10121 Turin”;
- – via certified e-mail, provided that the declaration is signed with a digital signature (in accordance with the provisions of articles 48 and 65 of the legislative decree of 7 March 2005, n. 82), at the address “[email protected]”.
