TV, Rai licence fee still on your bill. Here's who and how they can avoid paying the annual 90 euros
For the cancellation of the TV fee, a substitute declaration must be submitted. By 20 January, electricity companies report data 2025
Key points
The TV tax does not change for 2026. Same rules same 90 euro annual fee charged directly in the electricity bill of the main house. On the bill, in fact, for 10 months we will find 9 euro charged from January until October. The 20 euro discount on the TV licence fee is now two years old. It was 2024 when the League fought and obtained in the Budget Law a cut of 20 euro per year in the fee.
When withdrawal does not pass the bill
There are cases, however, in which the TV tax does not go on the bill. This is the fee payable by taxpayers who do not have an electricity contract in their name, such as in the case of houses rented with utilities in the owner's name. In that case, payment of the Canon Rai can be made using the F24 form. Then there are also those who keep equipment in public facilities or for commercial activities, we are talking about hotels, bars and restaurants, to which the Special Canon is applied, with amounts that vary according to the category of the establishment.
How cancellation works
Taxpayers who have an electricity supply contract for residential domestic use but wish to cancel their State TV subscription, as they are no longer in possession of any television sets in any of their homes, will have to submit a substitute declaration of non-detention by filling in and sending the form available on the Agenzia delle Entrate website and filling in Form A. As the Inland Revenue website explains, in fact, 'it is no longer possible to cancel the subscription by requesting the sealing of the TV set'. The declaration of non-detention (Quadro A), in order to be effective for the entire year, must be submitted from 1 July of the previous year and by 31 January of the year of reference. The deadline falling on a Saturday gives taxpayers a few extra hours by moving the deadline to Monday 2 February. For those who miss the deadline at the end of January (2 February in light of the calendar), any declaration submitted from 1 February (this year from 3 February onwards) and by 30 June of the year of reference is effective for the fee due for the six-month period from July to December 2026.
How the declaration is submitted
The tax administration offers more options for submitting the substitute declaration. The taxpayer, in fact, can use the web application available on the Inland Revenue website. Likewise, he can turn to qualified intermediaries or go it alone by using certified electronic mail (Pec), but only if the declaration is digitally signed, as provided for by the Digital Administration Code. The Pec with the digitally signed declaration must be sent to cp22.canonetv@postacertificata.rai.it by 31 January. Finally, there is also the paper form, using the postal service at the TV fee office - Cap 22 Torino - and sending a registered letter without an envelope accompanied by a copy of a valid ID document.
