I'm from Spain.
2006-11-15 03:04:01 · 31 answers · asked by karlinx 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United Kingdom
It's called a TV Licence here in the UK. You can buy them on the internet or at a shop displaying the yellow and purple Paypoint symbol (the Post Office no longer handles the TV Licence). It will cost £131.50 for a colour TV and alot less for a black and white one.
2006-11-15 03:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by ehc11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called TV Licence and you have to pay annually for it. You can pay by regular Direct Debit installments throughout the year or by a lump some. If you do not have a TV Licence you run the risk of being caught and can be fined up to £1000. I'd get one asap!
2006-11-15 03:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by KT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Carlos,
Everyone so far is quite right - yet so WRONG.
The TV licence fee payable is a form of taxation, but everyone has omitted that when you buy a TV we also pay VAT (Value Added Tax) at 17 and 1/2% of the Net cost.
Plus, when you plug the TV into the mains, we are also taxed VAT at 5% of the Net cost of the electricity it uses
Hope this helps....
2006-11-15 03:21:05 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Robin♥ (Scot,UK) 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to purchase a TV licence from Any Local Post Office or any shop that has a pay point. You get a card, and you have to put money onto this so when you get your YEARLY bill, the card has some of the money to pay it. Or you can just pay the whole amount when the bill comes in, and not worry about any cards.
I hope I answered you question well enough. :-)
2006-11-15 03:13:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi it is called a TV licence and you cannot get them from the post office anymore you have to go to a pay point which are in most local shops now and get it or by direct debit from your bank account it is about 130pounds or 11pounds a month from your bank.
2006-11-15 07:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by lisa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's a Television licence and you have to have one by law. We have something called the BBC and it has made some of the best programmes you can find. Unfortunately nothing is for free and we have to pay in some way.
2006-11-15 03:15:51 · answer #6 · answered by voodoobluesman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's called a TV licence
2006-11-15 03:06:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes...you pay a TV license which is about £10 (14euros) a month
2006-11-15 03:09:03 · answer #8 · answered by Lauren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but is in the form of a licence. £131.00, but you can pay monthly by Direct debit from the bank
Its not a tax as such, but a fee which goes mostly to the BBC who are not funded by advertising and supports the BBC radio and TV
2006-11-15 03:07:30 · answer #9 · answered by greydays 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You have to pay a TV licence, which I suppose is a kind of tax.
2006-11-15 03:06:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋