Last week Ministry of Culture and National Heritage representatives of ministries of finance, digitization and energy met with the President of the National Council for Radio and Television, as well as members of the Association of Polish Journalists, the Catholic Association Journalists, representatives of the Energy Regulatory Office and the Inspector General of personal data protection.
theme: how and by whom should a new fee on public utilities. Variants are two: link premium audiovisual with the bill for electricity, or download it on your computer based on income tax and registers PIT, ASIF, social security and code or CIT.
Both solutions have their detractors. I beg protested the Ministry of Finance, because in case of ties subscription premium tax that would fall on them black robot – says one of the participants in the meeting. The Ministry of Finance, as well as representatives of news organizations and the Ministry of culture, lean toward the first option, which recruits fees “from the wall,” and so, along with the bill for electricity. According to the preliminary plans of work on the regulations on audiovisual premium, which reached the DGP, the authors recommend is this variant.
Why? Firstly, basically every apartment or commercial space uses electricity to create a database of payers should be so simple. Secondly, most people pay bills at regular intervals – usually every two months, allowing for permanent and regular contributions to the fund the national media. On the tax authorities are accountable every year, so such a distribution fee in installments would not be possible. Inkasentami premiums would have been a supplier of energy, control of army officials would not require great effort and tax administration.
sprawdzałyby authorities only if the supplier has replied contribution to the account and transferred the money to fund the national media. It is easy to increase the efficiency of such issues, because the motivation for collectors would be higher remuneration – depending on the results. And besides, as emphasized by the authors of assumptions, adding to the energy bill of the additional amount would strengthen citizens’ awareness that they are not burdened with another tax, but pay for a specific service. In the case of a merger premium T would be the opposite: most citizens a universal fee to the media odebrałaby as another tax.
This variant, however, has and disadvantages. According to the assumptions of the ministry of culture audiovisual fee is to be pulled from households. The owners of several apartments in order to avoid double oskładkowania, or who are exempted from (the disabled, people over 75 years of age and – here new – minor), would need inkasentom relevant statements concerning personal and family circumstances. And that can break the rules on personal data protection.
It would make sense against the release of the energy market when electricity suppliers were few. Currently, such entities is several dozen. A further complication is the fact that nearly 200 thousand. Poles annually changing supplier – says one of the participants in the meeting.
Jan Dworak , Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council, argued that the most effective and economically viable method of collecting the premium is to use the services of the Minister of Finance to, and operating the registry. The Ministry of Finance with the collection of fees would benefit from his base PIT complemented by social security systems and ASIF. values such solutions are complete and up to date register and automatically exclude those who do not receive income from or obtain it at an amount not exceeding the amount exempt from taxation – says the head of NBC.
But this variant also has drawbacks, which diligently listed the meeting representatives of the Ministry of Finance. Firstly, there are other competent authorities for matters of both taxes (PIT – the tax office residence of the taxpayer, the agricultural tax – municipal body). Secondly, in some households, as in the case of students who have moved out of the house, but they are still financed by the parents, there is no PIT taxpayer or the agricultural tax. It would also be more complicated to determine who would pay the premium on behalf of the household, as well as a tax which applies to a particular person.
NBC, however, has a way. In its draft proposes giving the toll collection of household appliances, because it is difficult to define them. Media should pay every adult citizen of the able to bear the financial burden . Christopher Czabański , Deputy Minister of Culture responsible for the reform of broadcasting, admits that the Ministry is inclined to the first variant, which is fee “from the wall”. We will decide at the next meeting. We have given NBC time to be able to fine-tune the position and clarify doubts – says Czabański.
The project should be ready in three or four months. But do not come into force immediately. Resort envisages a three-month application period that the provisions can prepare institutions and offices. At that time it also has to move information campaign. The fee will depend on whether the viewer has a television or radio or not. Plans for the ministry at the moment does not involve restrictions on TV advertising. So far there was no question of imposing additional charges on public media for commercial broadcasters.
Upcoming reforms lower revenues from subscriptions
15 zł per month – so much is to be charged audiovisual postulated by the authors of the initial assumptions of work the provisions of the contribution of audiovisual. But the authors of the document stipulate that the amount may change. Christopher Czabański Deputy Minister responsible for the reform of radio and television says 10 zł collected from the household. The draft prepared by the National Broadcasting Council envisages the contribution of 8 zł – collected not from the farm, but from the person.
No matter which option is chosen, it is certain that TVP and Polish Radio in need of money. Over the past years, the proceeds from subscriptions increased – but not because more people began to record receivers and regular pay, but in relation to the prosecution of debtors. This year, the surplus in this respect will be much smaller. And according to our information, the announcement of changes in the public media as early as 2016. And the introduction of charges audiovisual meant that Poles gave up the payment of a subscription. In comparison with last year decreased the number of fees in advance for the entire year – we hear in the NBC. According to estimates, the board of TVP and Polish Radio to be zdekomercjalizować need approx. 2.6 billion zł per year. In recent years, TVP budget is maintained between 1.5 billion zł.
Today’s radio-television license is 22.7 zł per month. In Poland it is approx. 13.6 million households, and according to CSO – 98 percent. of households have a television. The registration requirement receivers made only half charged. The obligation flash is also an entrepreneur. For nearly 2 million enterprises subscription fee pays only 12 percent.
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