Broadcasting fee - apply for exemption

You must apply in writing to the competent authority for exemption from the broadcasting fee. Use the prescribed form for this.
You will receive it

• for cities,
• For municipalities,
• with the competent authorities and
• on the Internet.

You can fill out the Internet form online. Print it out at the end of the input process and sign it. Attach the required supporting documents and send your documents by mail to the relevant office.

You can obtain the form for exemption from the broadcasting fee from the social welfare office of the Göllheim municipality.

• They receive government social benefits, such as:
  • Unemployment benefit II
  • Social assistance
  • BAföG
  • Basic security
• or you are deafblind
• or receive assistance for the blind.

Notes:

You can apply for an exemption from the broadcasting contribution as a special case of hardship if you do not receive any social benefits because your income exceeds the respective needs limit by less than EUR 17.50. If you are exempt from the obligation to pay the contribution, the exemption within the dwelling also extends to the following

• Your wife or husband
• Your registered domestic partner,
• Children of the applicant, his/her spouse or civil partner up to the age of 25,
• the apartment owners , whose income and assets have been taken into account when granting a social benefit.

A legible copy of one of the following documents is suitable for exemption from the obligation to pay broadcasting fees:

• Certificate of the authority
• Approval notice

It is imperative that all of the following requirements are evident from the evidence:

• Name of the beneficiary
• What benefit is granted
• Performance period

Please do not send any original documents to the Contribution Service. A return of documents cannot be guaranteed.

• Interstate Broadcasting Treaty (RBStV)
• § Section 72 of the Twelfth Book of the German Social Code (SGB XII)
• § Section 27 d Federal Supply Act (BVG)

• Information on exemption from the obligation to pay broadcasting fees and on reduction of broadcasting fees (PDF)

• Information on exemption from the obligation to pay broadcasting fees and on reduction of broadcasting fees (PDF)

The broadcasting fee replaced the license fee on January 1, 2013.

If you receive state social benefits, you can be exempted from the broadcasting fee. The same applies to deaf-blind people and recipients of assistance for the blind.