Tax removalIn effectPublic aidNational

Abolition of the public broadcasting contribution (TV licence fee)

Complete abolition of the public broadcasting contribution (formerly the TV licence fee) of €138 per year per household with a television. Public broadcasting funding transferred to a share of VAT revenue

Measure originators

InitiatorGVT

Bruno Le Maire

Gouvernement

General rapporteurEPR

Jean-René Cazeneuve

Ensemble pour la République

Amount

138 €/year

Impact on public finances

Costs 3 bn €/yr2022 estimate · State

Source of the estimate: Sénat - Rapport n° 846 (2021-2022) sur le projet de loi de finances rectificative pour 2022 (Official figure)

A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.

Effective date

1 January 2022

Measure impact

Abolition of the public broadcasting contribution (CAP) of €138 per year (2021 amount). Flagship measure announced during the 2022 presidential campaign. Revenue loss of €3.7bn offset by allocating a share of VAT revenue to public broadcasting (France Télévisions, Radio France, Arte, France Médias Monde, INA). Around 23 million households affected.

Official references

Law number: Loi de finances 2022

Sources

Loi de finances 2022Official

30 December 2021

Procedure timeline

Follow the progress of this fiscal measure through the different stages of the parliamentary procedure.

100%

2 / 2 steps

Completed

16 August 2022

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Actors

Parlement

Promulgation of LFI 2022 eliminating TV license fee and audiovisual contribution

Source

Completed

1 January 2022

Administrative implementation

Application

Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration

TV license fee and audiovisual contribution eliminated effective January 1, 2022

Source