Those affected by the flood disaster can, under certain conditions, be exempt from broadcasting fees and request that their account be de-registered.
Flood victims
can, under certain conditions, be
exempted
from their
license
fees with
immediate
effect. This was reported by the German Press Agency (dpa) on Sunday evening (July 25).
ARD
,
ZDF
and
Deutschlandradio
have agreed on unbureaucratic relief, the administrative community informed the German Press Agency in Düsseldorf on Sunday. Fee payers whose fee-paying
apartments
, business premises or vehicles can no longer be used due to flood damage * can request a de-registration of their account from the
fee
service.
Specifically, the following rules apply, as dpa further reports: If an
apartment
, a
business location
or a
car is
only temporarily unusable, there is the option of temporarily deregistering the relevant contribution
account
for this period.
All it takes is a phone call.
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Post service checks addresses
If the
apartment
,
business premises
or
vehicle have been
completely destroyed and can no longer be used, the obligation to pay contributions ends - as stated in the report - and the account can be canceled immediately.
A short written message to the contribution service is sufficient, the communications department announced, according to dpa.
Permanent deregistration is possible without proof.
However,
in both cases,
the
contribution service
checks on the basis of official official information whether the account is actually a potentially affected address.
Cancellation of the contribution account is also possible retrospectively
A
cancellation
is up to six months retroactive to July 1, 2021 possible, as dpa reported to have further reports.
Affected contributors would have until the end of the year.
Any overpaid contributions should be reimbursed according to the information.
In addition, agreements on deferment of payment are possible.
Also
Ntv.de
reported on Sunday about it.
According to the news portal, further information and the necessary online forms were published at rundfunkbeitrag.de.
(ahu) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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