TV licence fee: you can apply for an exemption for the second half of 2026 until 30 June
The application may be submitted electronically or in paper form by the taxpayer, an heir or authorised intermediaries
You have until 30 June, next Tuesday, to avoid the automatic charge of the TV licence fee on your electricity bill. Anyone with a residential electricity contract but who does not own a television set may submit a declaration requesting exemption for the second half of 2026. From the following day, Wednesday 1 July, the application window will open, running until 31 January 2027, during which time applications can be submitted to obtain an exemption for the whole of 2027.
How to apply
The declaration may be submitted by the taxpayer or their heir, but also by authorised intermediaries, using the web application available in the secure area of the Italian Revenue Agency’s website. It is also possible to submit it – but only if signed with a digital signature – via certified email (PEC) to the address cp22.canonetv@postacertificata.rai.it. Finally, it is possible to submit the declaration in paper form, enclosing a copy of a valid identity document, by registered post without an envelope to the following address: Italian Revenue Agency – Provincial Directorate I of Turin – TV Licence Office – PO Box 22 – 10121 Turin.
What does the charge involve?
The licence fee is charged on the bills of holders of an electricity supply contract for residential domestic use, split into ten monthly instalments from January to October each year. Anyone who does not own a television may therefore declare that, in none of the dwellings where an electricity supply is registered in their name, are there any televisions —neither owned by them nor by members of the same registered household. Specifically, the term ‘registered family’ refers to a group of people linked by marriage, civil partnership, kinship, affinity, adoption or guardianship, or by emotional ties, who are cohabiting and have their habitual residence in the same municipality.
Using another form, Section B, it is also possible to declare that the licence fee is not payable on electricity bills registered in the name of the person submitting the declaration, as it has already been paid via the bill of another member of the same household. In this case, the declaration does not have annual validity and may be submitted at any time of the year: its effects take effect from the date on which the conditions stated apply. Finally, using Section C, it is possible to notify that the conditions previously declared no longer apply.
