Regulations, discounts and exemptions from the RTV subscription fees that are worth knowing

Everyone who uses a television or radio receiver is obliged to register it and pay subscription fees. The rule applies to everyone, except for people exempt from fees, provided that the relevant formalities are completed.

The rates of subscription fees are determined by the National Broadcasting Council, and this year, they amount to a radio per month for a radio 8.70 PLN, and for a television or television and radio receiver 27.30 PLN, persons obliged to pay subscription fees, which until January 25, 2024 will pay the RTV subscription for the whole year in advance, they will receive a discount of 10%. You can also use the other discounts for paying fees for a period longer than 1 month.

Depending on the country, there are various models of public media financing in Europe. The involvement of individual postal operators in the control of subscription fees is a common phenomenon in Europe. In accordance with applicable legal regulations, in our country, Poczta Polska is obliged to register radio and television receivers, accept and record subscription fees and check their payment. Formalities related to the registration of receivers can be made via a website or in post offices throughout the country.

Poczta Polska checks the performance of the obligation to register RTV receivers pursuant to art. 7 of the Act on subscription fees and based on the provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure, which indicate how to conduct post -inspection proceedings in order to issue an administrative decision. It is important that 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. Controllers must identify during the inspection, and the model of the ID is determined by the regulation.

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.

Who does not have to pay the subscription

The legal provisions in force in Poland strictly specify what persons are entitled to exemption from paying subscription fees. The list includes People who have been decided and a group of disability, total inability to work, a significant degree of disability, permanent or periodic total incapacity for work on a farm, people who receive a care benefit, a special care allowance or social pension, deaf and blind people in fulfilling certain criteria, persons who have completed 60 years old and have the right to retire and have the right to retire, meeting the income criteria specified in the Family Benefits Act, persons who have the right to use cash benefits under the Social Assistance Act, unemployed persons, persons who have the right to benefit and pre -retirement benefit, receiving a guardian's allowance. On the basis of separate laws, there are also: war and military invalids, veterans who are war or military invalids, family members of the indicated veterans, persons with the status of veteran injured under the Act on veterans acting outside the state.

A detailed list of people who have the right to exempt from subscription fees can be found on the mail website.

Seniors who are 75 years old and registered a radio or television receiver are exempt from paying subscription fees. These persons are not obliged to report in post offices the rights to exempt from fees, as by law they are exempt from paying them. The condition is to make a formal registration of the receiver and having PESEL data by the Polish Post, constituting the basis for granting the exemption from fees.

Other persons who have the right to exempt from fees should report rights at any post office.

What documents should be shown in a post office to obtain an exemption from the obligation to pay subscription fees?

In accordance with applicable legal regulations, persons who have the right to exempt from subscription fees should report to the selected post office and provide relevant documents confirming the right to exemption.

In the case of people with disabilities, it is necessary to decide the competent authority. If this applies to visually impaired, it will be necessary to present the ID card of the Polish Association of the Blind or Association of Blind Soldiers of the Republic of Poland, or the ruling of the competent authority of the adjudication of the moderate disability for the damage to the eye of the organ, or the decision of the competent adjudicating body, confirming the damage to the vision (visual acuity not exceeding 15%) or a certificate issued by health, confirming the above parameters.

War and military invalids are also exempt from subscription fees . To obtain an exemption from fees, a book of a war or military invalid issued by a pension body. In the case of veterans who are war or military invalids, this is the ID card of the repressed person.

pensioners should show an ID card confirming the age of 60 and the decision of the pension authority on the amount of the pension in a given year. It can be a pension episode or a decision to confirm or index the pension. On the other hand, people in pre -retirement age should have a decision of ZUS to grant pre -retirement benefit or a certificate of receiving a pre -retirement benefit.

Persons with the status of the unemployed may also benefit from the permissions from subscription fees . In this case, it is enough to present a certificate from the Labor Office on having an unemployed status in a post office.

A full list of documents entitling to obtain a exemption from subscription fees can be found here .

The exemption from the fees is granted from the first day of the month following the month in which a document confirming the right to exemption was presented in the post office. In the case of periodic exemptions, remember to report your rights for the next period. Lack of such application results in the need to pay subscription fees for subsequent periods.

It is also worth taking care of completing the formalities related to the update of personal and address data, a change in the number of used RTV receivers or their deregistration, as well as a change in the place of use of the receiver. This can also be done at the above internet address or at any post office.

Help of helpline

In case of any doubts or questions on the RTV subscription, you can call the Polish Post Hutting (43) 842 06 06 (fee according to the operator's price list). The hotline is open from Monday to Friday from 8: 00–20: 00.