What is it – Who has to pay it – How much does it cost – How to pay it

Anyone who owns a television set in the place where they have their residence is required to pay the television subscription fee or RAI fee.

The RAI license fee must be paid only once a year and only once per registered family, provided that the family members reside in the same home.

Article 1, paragraphs 152 to 159, Law 208/2015, starting from the year 2016, has provided for:
i) the presumption of possession of the television set in the event that there is a user for the supply of electricity in the place where a person has his registered residence;
ii) the payment of the RAI fee by holders of a domestic residential electricity bill, through a charge on the electricity bill issued by their vendor.

It is expected that residents abroad will also have to pay the RAI fee if they own a home in Italy where there is a television set.

The amount of the RAI Fee for the year 2018 is equal to Euro 90.00, and is divided into 10 monthly installments of the same amount from January to October of each year.

NB Anyone who owns a radio or TV set in the premises of their business (so-called special TV fee for public establishments) is required to pay the RAI fee using the F24 form (by 31 January) and not by charging it to the electricity bill. Statements

In order to avoid having the RAI fee added to the bill, the residential domestic customer can submit a substitute declaration with annual validity (so-called Substitute Declaration of Non-Possession – Table A) with which he declares, under his own responsibility (articles 75 and 76 of Presidential Decree 445/2000), he communicates to the Revenue Agency that in none of the homes where the electricity supply is activated is there a TV set belonging to him or to a member of his registered family.

Through the same form the Customer can also present:

· Declaration in lieu of another electricity user for the charge (Table B), with which the Customer declares that the RAI fee is not due;
· Declaration of change of assumptions (Table C), with which the Client gives notice of the modification of the declarations previously made.

Exemptions

End customers, over the age of 75 and with an annual income not exceeding 6,713 Euro, can request exemption from the payment of the RAI fee from the Revenue Agency by completing a specific form to which a copy of a valid identity document must be attached (so-called Substitute Declaration of Exemption).

Reimbursement

In the event that the RAI fee not due and charged in the electricity bill is paid, the Customer who is the owner of the supply (or his heir) can request a refund of the amount paid by submitting a specific form.

Once the communication from the Revenue Agency has been received and within 45 days of receiving it, Audax will credit the amount unduly paid by the Customer on the first available invoice. If the refund is not successful, this will be carried out directly by the Revenue Agency.

For more information, please see the link:
http://www.agenziaentrate.gov.it/wps/content/Nsilib/Nsi/Schede/Agevolazioni/Canone+TV/?page=agevolazionicitt