Broadcasting fee 2022: This is how high the “GEZ fee” is

1. What is the amount of broadcasting in 2022?

2. Broadcasting fee 2022: Payments

3. Broadcasting fee 2022: Special regulations for students, trainees or schoolchildren

4. Broadcasting fee 2022: Exemption

The broadcasting fee, formerly GEZ, has to be paid by everyone over the age of 18 who lives in an apartment. The following applies: one apartment – one contribution. If several people live together, for example a family, only one person pays the contribution. Special regulations apply to student dormitories. More on that later. Let’s first clarify the crucial question:

What is the amount of broadcasting in 2022?

Of the Broadcasting amount is 18.36 euros per month in 2022. People with disabilities who have the mark “RF” in their severely disabled pass can apply for a reduced fee of 6.12 euros per month. You can find out which proof is required and how you can apply for a reduction on the website of the broadcasting fee.

Broadcasting fee 2022: Payments

However, you cannot pay the amount monthly. The following table shows which payment rhythms the GEZ offers instead.

You can pay the license fee by bank transfer or direct debit. Cash payment is only possible in exceptional cases. In a judgment of April 2022, the Federal Administrative Court only provides for this for contributors who can prove that they cannot open a current account.

The license fee is to be paid within four weeks of the due date. If no payment is made, you will receive a payment reminder. If you do not respond to the payment reminder, a notice of assessment will be sent. With this, a late payment surcharge is due. You can find more information on arrears, payment in installments, deferral, insolvency proceedings, suspension and enforcement on the website of the broadcasting contribution.

Broadcasting fee 2022: Special regulations for students, trainees or schoolchildren

If you receive BAföG or vocational training allowance as a student, trainee or pupil, you can be exempted from the broadcasting fee. However, if you still live with your parents, they will pay the contribution.

If you live in a hall of residence, the following rules apply. If your room leads off a generally accessible corridor, it is considered an apartment. This means that the contribution must be paid per room. It doesn’t matter whether you have your own bathroom or kitchen. However, if several rooms are separated from a generally accessible hallway or stairwell by a separate apartment door, this is a flat-sharing community (WG). The contribution must then be paid for each flat share.

Broadcasting fee 2022: Exemption

Pensioners who receive a social benefit in addition to their pension can be exempted from the obligation to contribute. Recipients of social benefits such as basic security or unemployment benefit II can be exempted from the license fee. Recipients of unemployment benefit I, housing benefit or transitional allowance are not entitled to be exempted from the broadcasting fee obligation.

Residents of a care facility can opt out of the obligation to pay contributions if they live in a nursing home or in a facility for people with disabilities. There they have to be looked after and cared for on a full-time basis.

Deaf-blind people, recipients of assistance for the blind and those entitled to special care are entitled to exemption from the obligation to pay contributions. Further information, as well as an application for exemption from the obligation to pay contributions, is available on the website of the broadcasting contribution.

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