The fee is being levied regardless of equipment. All private and collective households must in principle pay the universal fee. CHF The largest part of the fee will go to the SSR-SRG, but local radio and television broadcasters from all the language regions will benefit from it.
Amount and use of the fee. Collective households are, for example, old people's homes and nursing homes, hospitals, student hostels, prisons, etc.
A collective household pays a household fee of CHF annually. The body responsible for the collective household is responsible for payment of the fee. If a collective household is subject to value-added tax and if it has an annual turnover of at least CHF ,, it is additionally subject to the business fee. A reduction of the fee is not provided for in law. The fee is in principle independent of the presence of receiving equipment radio or television equipment in the household.
For billing, the collection agency, Serafe, uses data provided from the residents' registers of the cantons and municipalities. If you move house, it is important that you communicate this information to your residents' register office immediately.
Recipients of annual supplementary benefits associated with AHV or IV pensions are exempt for a maximum of five years retroactively from the commencement of receipt of supplementary benefits but from the time of introduction of the household fee on 1 January at the earliest.
