This is one of the good back-to-school surprises for your wallet: the public audiovisual contribution will not be paid in the fall… and households that had opted for the monthly payment are reimbursed this Tuesday, September 6 (or the beginning of October in some cases). A transfer from the DGFiP which concerns more than 6 million households.
The public audiovisual contribution is delete for all ds 2022: the Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFiP) confirmed in mid-August this measure voted by Parliament and validated by the Elders (not without underlining important reservations) this summer via the amending budget.
1 – Who must receive a tax refund?
All those who subscribed to the monthly payment for the payment of the TV license fee, the amount of which initially was 138 euros in mainland France and 88 euros overseas. Just over 35% of tax households choose to monthly pay their tax deductions (local taxes, TV license fees, etc.). Three scenarios must be distinguished.
You are only paid monthly for the TV license fee. You are probably part of the 80% of the population already exempt from housing tax, but you have maintained a monthly levy (in 10 instalments, from January to October) to pay the 138 euros contribution to public broadcasting (CAP). Yes, you will be reimbursed.
You are paid monthly for the TV license fee and the residence tax. It all depends on the size of your 2022 residence tax. This local tax is levied this year for the last time for main residences. The tax authorities will add up all your monthly deductions (royalty + housing tax) before calculating what you have paid (or not) too much. In the event of overpayment, you will be reimbursed, otherwise the tax authorities will subtract the 138 euros from the residence tax balance to be paid in the fall.
You are not monthly. No refund for you since you haven’t paid the 2022 TV license fee yet. But you won’t have to pay anything this fall.
The DGFiP announced in August that more than 6 million households would thus receive a refund of the overpayment concerning the TV license fee.
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2 – When should you receive this refund? Of how much?
You are only paid monthly for the TV license fee. You can watch your bank account: the DGFiP will automatically reimburse you by bank transfer on September 6 into your bank account, without any action on your part. You can anticipate a transfer of 104 euroswhich corresponds to the monthly payments already paid for January and August.
The monthly fee refund transfer appears on your statement with DGFIP PUBLIC FINANCESand the statement REMB. EXCD. TAXspecifies the tax authorities to avoid any misunderstanding.
You are paid monthly for the TV license fee and the residence tax. You will have to be a little more patient, because the tax authorities will take your housing tax into account before calculating precisely how much they must reimburse you. If you have a remainder to pay housing tax, zero refund wait. If you have too much money in recent months, the refund by bank transfer will be effective. at the beginning of October.
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3 – Will you still receive a tax notice?
Yes. At least, a notice will soon be available on your personal space on impots.gouv.fr. A document entitled Notice of housing tax (total exemption) and public audiovisual contribution (deleted), for those who no longer have to pay anything, will be put online from September 28. And from October 19 for those who are still subject to the housing tax and still monthly.
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