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Sweden also had this system until recently.
by cpach 6y ago
Sweden also had this system until recently.
- progre 6y agoAlso, alledgely, using scanners to catch cheaters. Though I got a visit from a man checking for unlicensed TV sets once and he didn't have a scanner, just a long list of people that didn't have a TV license.
- jamesrr39 6y agoI bought a new TV and got a phone call from Radiotjänst a couple of weeks later, asking where they should send the bill for the TV license. Busted! Now that the fee is discontinued, and it comes out of tax money instead, I sure don't miss getting those invoices.
- aysterberi 6y agoThere was also the funny scare tactics commercials where they said you would get a snail on the eye if you didn't pay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03eeYQ72Y0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03eeYQ72Y0
- progre 6y agoApparently, they actually had scanners, but never used them https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7113883 https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7113883 (swedish)
- gerikson 6y agoWorth noting that the license fee is now paid as part of the regular tax payment. So the tax authority manages the collection, as opposed to previously when it was a separate agency.