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Elspode · 08-20-2003, 09:39 AM

How is the BBC TV tax collected? Is it attached to cable fees? What about on-air broadcast receivers only? Do you get a TV tax bill in the post each year?

Sounds scary...

Cedar · 08-20-2003, 03:39 PM

If you want more information on the tax, just go to Goggle and type in BBC Tax Television. You will get more information than you probably will ever want or need. I understand that hoards of tax collectors run around Britain pounding on people's doors demanding the tax. They assume that you have a tv--guilty until proven innocent. Ugh

Undertoad · 08-20-2003, 03:42 PM

That explains the Trigger Happy TV/Dom Joly bit where he has this detection device, and he's supposed to be a TV inspector, and he walks up to some random person in the park and claims that the person's walkman is registering on the device and must be a TV of some sort. (Hilarity ensues.)

OnyxCougar · 08-20-2003, 03:54 PM

[color=indigo]I lived in England for quite some time.

My mother would send me a TV guide in the mail, and I would highlight the regular series on the little grid in the middle and send it back. Three weeks later, I would receive VCR tapes from home filled with those TV shows (I remember Space: Above and Beyond was my favorite for a while...). We didn't get charged the tax on the TV.

You don't have to pay the TV tax on all TV's in Britain. Just the ones that receive broadcast and cable signal.

However, there is a tax on every window screen and door knob (the round variety, not the door LATCH) in/on your home, assessed per year by the local council.

Edit: If I could type I'd get a real job.

Pete · 08-26-2003, 11:45 AM

Batman and Robin about to be pan fried:

Holy Oleo Batman!

Robin, I didn't know you could yodel.

I know it's late but I had to reply.

warch · 08-27-2003, 10:32 AM

Holy belated wierdness, Pete! You gots it. I'm not the only smokey falafel eater danglin out here...whew.

08-20-2003, 09:39 AM	#16
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	How is the BBC TV tax collected? Is it attached to cable fees? What about on-air broadcast receivers only? Do you get a TV tax bill in the post each year? Sounds scary... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-20-2003, 03:39 PM	#17
Cedar Questionist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 8	BBC Television Tax If you want more information on the tax, just go to Goggle and type in BBC Tax Television. You will get more information than you probably will ever want or need. I understand that hoards of tax collectors run around Britain pounding on people's doors demanding the tax. They assume that you have a tv--guilty until proven innocent. Ugh __________________ Globalnomaddad

08-20-2003, 03:54 PM	#19
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	[color=indigo]I lived in England for quite some time. My mother would send me a TV guide in the mail, and I would highlight the regular series on the little grid in the middle and send it back. Three weeks later, I would receive VCR tapes from home filled with those TV shows (I remember Space: Above and Beyond was my favorite for a while...). We didn't get charged the tax on the TV. You don't have to pay the TV tax on all TV's in Britain. Just the ones that receive broadcast and cable signal. However, there is a tax on every window screen and door knob (the round variety, not the door LATCH) in/on your home, assessed per year by the local council. Edit: If I could type I'd get a real job. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

08-20-2003, 03:42 PM	#18
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That explains the Trigger Happy TV/Dom Joly bit where he has this detection device, and he's supposed to be a TV inspector, and he walks up to some random person in the park and claims that the person's walkman is registering on the device and must be a TV of some sort. (Hilarity ensues.)

08-26-2003, 11:45 AM	#20
Pete Resident President Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 81	Batman and Robin about to be pan fried: Holy Oleo Batman! Robin, I didn't know you could yodel. I know it's late but I had to reply.

08-27-2003, 10:32 AM	#21
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Holy belated wierdness, Pete! You gots it. I'm not the only smokey falafel eater danglin out here...whew.

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