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GEZ fees: Under these conditions you can get free yourself
Do you pay GEZ fees and wonder if you are really obliged to do so? You can get free yourself under the following conditions.
Do you pay GEZ fees and wonder if you are really obliged to do so? These are the prerequisites.
In Germany, a radio fee of 18.36 euros per month is due for each apartment, or GEZ. The public broadcasters are financed through the broadcasting contribution.
The GEZ fee is also due if you don't have a television and no radio. This has already caused excitement among many consumers in the past, but is constitutional.
However, many people can be free from the duty of fees. You can find out here under what conditions this is possible.
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These people are liberated from the GEZ fee
Citizens who receive housing benefit and recipients of social benefits can be free from the obligation to pay. These include recipients of unemployment benefit I, citizens' benefit, or Bafög, as on the side of the "Consumer center" stands.
Under certain circumstances, pensioners can also be free from the obligation to pay. This includes, for example, residents of old people's or nursing homes that are fully absorbed. Pensioners who receive basic security, life aid or benefits according to the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act can also apply for a liberation of GEZ fees.
People with a second apartment only have to pay the GEZ fee for an apartment. So the Federal Constitutional Court decided how theConsumer centerHamburgreported.
If you meet the requirements for exemption from fees, you have to apply for them first. You are not automatically freed. To do this, you must first provide evidence that you meet one of the requirements in order to be freed from the duty of fees. On theRadio contribution pageCan you apply for a liberation or discount.
