Editing Television licence (section)

===Switzerland===
Any household that receives radio or television programs from the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] national public broadcaster [[SRG SSR]] must be registered and pay licence fees. The fee is [[Swiss franc|CHF]] 335 per year for TV and radio for single households, and CHF 670 for multiple households, e.g. [[nursing homes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fee Overview|url=https://www.serafe.ch/en/the-fee/fee-overview/|website=SERAFE AG|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> Households unable to receive broadcast transmissions are exempt from the fees until 2023 if residents apply to opt out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.serafe.ch/en/exemption-from-the-fee/households-with-no-means-of-receiving-radio-or-television/|title=Households with no means of receiving radio or television|website=serafe.ch|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> Residential licence fees are collected by Serafe AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the insurance collections agency Secon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.serafe.ch/|title=Homepage|website=serafe.ch|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> Non-payment of licence fees incurs fines of up to CHF 100,000. For businesses, the fee is on a scale based on the company's annual turnover and is collected by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bakom.admin.ch/bakom/en/home/elektronische-medien/abgabe-fur-radio-und-fernsehen/unternehmen.html|title=Fee for businesses|last=OFCOM|first=Federal Office of Communications|website=bakom.admin.ch|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>
The majority of the fee, CHF 1.2&nbsp;billion, goes to SRG SSR, with the rest going to a collection of small regional radio and television broadcasters.

On 4 March 2018, there was [[Referendums in Switzerland|a referendum]] on whether TV licensing should be scrapped, with the slogan "No Billag", a reference to the previous collector of the licence fees.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/vi/vis454.html|title=Initiative populaire fédérale 'Oui à la suppression des redevances radio et télévision (suppression des redevances Billag)'|last=ChF|first=Chancellerie fédérale|website=bk.admin.ch|language=fr|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="nobillag.ch">{{cite web|url=https://nobillag.ch/fr/|title=OUI à la suppression des redevances Billag. – No billag|website=nobillag.ch|language=fr-FR|access-date=28 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116170826/https://nobillag.ch/fr/|archive-date=16 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Non à no Billag – votations">{{cite web|url=https://non-nobillag.ch/|title=Non à no Billag – votations|website=non-nobillag.ch|language=fr-FR|access-date=28 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711093848/https://non-nobillag.ch/|archive-date=11 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Parliament have advocated a no vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/public-broadcasting_parliament-rejects--no-billag--licence-fee-initiative/43548128|title=Parliament rejects 'No Billag' licence fee initiative|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> Voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposal by 71.6 to 28.4 per cent and in all cantons.<ref name="thelocal.ch">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.ch/20180304/swiss-voters-poised-to-keep-media-license-fee|title=UPDATED: Swiss vote against plan to scrap compulsory TV licence fee|date=4 March 2018|access-date=7 March 2018}}</ref> Following the vote, the fee was significantly reduced.