RTV subscription: We refute myths, we present the facts
Poczta Polska dealt with the charges of fees for the use of radios before the outbreak of World War II. Depending on the country, there are various models of public media financing in Europe. The involvement of individual postal operators in control of subscription fees is a fairly common phenomenon.
Many myths and distortions have arisen about the control of the obligation to register radio and television receivers. Below we present the most popular myths and present facts that apply to this service.
The postman may check the registration of the RTV receiver
MYTH! No postman has the right to check the obligation to register receivers! This is done only by authorized employees of the Polish Financial Service Center Poczta Polska.
Poczta Polska employs hundreds of controllers
MYTH! No more than several dozen controllers carry out tasks throughout the country.
Poczta Polska controllers focus on controlling the houses of Poles
MYTH! Pursuant to the Act, the obligation to register receivers and the obligation to carry out inspections applies to all users of RTV receivers. However, Poczta Polska focuses mainly on companies and institutions. The number of controls in households is negligible and is only a percentage of all controls.
Only in Poland you have to pay for watching public radio and television
MYTH! For example: in the Czech Republic, just like in Poland, the post office is the collection of subscription fees. Any electricity payer is considered a subscriber, so the postal operator obtains information from the energy operator. In Italy or Portugal, the subscription fee is added to the electricity fee. In Germany, the consumer is a specially appointed institution, and the fee is added to the apartment by default. Registration with our western neighbor takes place during the registration process.
The number of enforcement titles due to an unpaid RTV subscription is growing rapidly in recent years
MYTH! The number of enforcement titles over the past years has been at a similar level, and even a delicate decrease in year to year has been recorded.
Poczta Polska controls radio and television receivers without a legal basis
MYTH! Carrying out an audit of the performance of the obligation to register RTV receivers takes place on the basis of art. 7 of the Act on subscription fees and based on the provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure, which act indicates how to conduct post -inspection proceedings in order to issue an administrative decision. It is worth recalling that the obligation to pay subscription fees is common in European countries.
From the call of Poczta Polska to the regulation of overdue subscription fees, one cannot appeal
MYTH! Poczta Polska, as part of the tasks implemented, provides customer service (directly in facilities, telephone and correspondence). Explanatory letters, complaints, complaints, applications are considered at every stage of the case and proceedings. Each customer can use the procedure for appealing, resulting from the provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure or the Act on subscription fees. In the case of enforcement already carried out, it is also possible to lodge charges and complaints, as well as complaints to the Provincial Administrative Court. Applications for redemption and distribution in installments of payment may submit a customer directly to KRRiT.
Poczta Polska sets and collects the entire amount of subscription fees
MYTH! The rates of subscription fees are determined by the National Broadcasting Council on the basis of the regulation by May 31 for the next calendar year. Poczta Polska is obliged to accept fees in accordance with applicable rates and tax interest in the amount as for tax arrears, in accordance with the Tax Ordinance Act. As the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal provides, the subscription is a strictly tax obligation.
I do not have to register the TV if I do not watch TV on it, but for example series from a paid platform with movies
MYTH! The purchased TV receiver allows the receipt of television. The act defines the presumption of use - it is presumed that the person who has a radio or television receiver in a state enabling immediate reception of the program uses this receiver. According to applicable law, it should be registered.
Polish Post
MYTH! The post office uses its subscriber base (database of registered subscribers - persons and entities that completed registration formalities) and public databases, e.g. the central list of hotel records of records, or the Central Register and Information on Economic Activity
People who decide to settle subscription fees at the beginning of the year, for a longer period in advance, can count on benefits
TRUE . Paying the RTV subscription for the whole year to the designated January on January is rewarded with a 10%discount. The most financially solution is to pay the subscription in advance for the whole year, but you can also use the other discounts for paying fees for a period longer than 1 month. Information on the amount of subscription fees determined by the National Broadcasting Council, the calculator, as well as other information on subscription and discounts, are available at: rtv.poczta-polska.pl.
Poczta Polska controllers must be identified during the inspection
TRUE. The model of the ID is specified in the regulation .
Poczta Polska informs citizens who are in arrears with subscription fees before issuing an enforceable title
TRUE. Notifications and admonitions are sent before an enforceable title is issued. It is worth remembering that the subscriber is obliged to inform Poczta Polska about any formal and legal changes, such as changing the address, change of rights to exemption from fees, cessation of use, as is the case with electricity.