The Czech executor is after me!
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2023
- If you live in Czechia, you might owe Czech Television money too!
Find out here: poplatky.ceskatelevize.cz/en/...
If you are an immigrant in Prague and need legal help, Integracni Centrum Prague might be able to help you: icpraha.com/en/
Hi Jana, I recommend asking the executor in a short letter whether the debt has been paid in full. If so, ask to be sent a "Oznámení o skončení exekuce". I worked for an executor for 15 years and I know that even lawyers are not good enough to know if the amount to be paid is final.
I owned Kc 400 or less, unaware for T Mobile when I emigrated to UK years ago and they caught me few years ago with bill of Kc 21000
@@nikkigrzesnski6760 In normal civilized countries this would be considered an extortion and would be punishable by law. But you know, the Czech Republic is a country led by criminals since 1948 with a small exceptions for periods 1968-1969 and 1989 - 1991.
@@beebkapeepka Yes, indeed! They have searched about
me and find out that I own part of our family's land - they send evaluator who charged himself thousands of CZK for his "services", hired executor to confiscate my land who also added to the bill and sent me the final bill...otherwise they would confiscate my land! (You would have to buy it back!) I was in complete shock. They truly are a Mafia
In Czechia, you pay per household and not per person. You do not have to pay this if you do not have a TV, or if they can´t prove you do. If your TV has disabled signal receiving (hardware change) and so you can only use it for online services through a computer, you do not have to pay. Basically, they take a look at who pays electricity bills and then assume you also have TV and proceed with "extortion" then you have to either state you do not have TV capable of receiving transmission or no TV at all, and let them prove the opposite. Or pay up.
Also, you need to pay for radio, too.
Remember, it is better to owe your soul to Satan himself than to owe money to public sector organizations in Czechia.
Thanks for all the clarifications!
In Slovakia you have to pay even if you dont have any TV, every apartment with electricity have to pay
Well said 🙌
@@DreamPrague Jen, sorry I'm writing with a google translator. The statement "If your TV has disabled signal receiving (hardware change) and so you can only use it for online services through a computer, you do not have to pay." is not true. According to the wording of the law, the ownership of a TV receiver is based on the obligation to pay, even if it is broken or disabled. Every household that has an electrical connection is considered a taxpayer. And the addresses were also taken from the electricity suppliers. This is how they found you. If you don't have a TV set, you have to actively declare yourself that you don't have one, otherwise you are considered the owner even if you didn't have a TV.
Just be careful with those amounts. Because one thing is the debt incurred by ČT and possible costs for recovery, and the other thing is possible fees to the executor! I would recommend contacting him directly to make sure you don't end up with a bailiff this time! I hope your lawyer gave you good advice.
And be careful once again - we have the same fees (different ones above) at Czech Radio!!! (I would also check the fees for the dog and for the municipal waste collection) They are just not as consistent as Czech Television. If you have a device capable of receiving radio broadcasts in your home (for example, a car radio in your car, etc. A computer connected to the Internet is not yet obliged to pay.), you have the same obligation to pay for it as well. More: poplatek.rozhlas.cz/
It will really be good to have a responsible Czech on hand. The "executor" in the Czech Republic does not cut off your head, but it can reliably destroy your economic existence.
Don't be fooled by people who make light of it. I wish you to get out of this successfully.
@@marekvasku5610 If your income is too low, you need to ask both institutions (cesky rozhlas and ceska televize) to make an exempt from fees. It isn't done automatically.
As for not having a radio nor TV receiver, again, you have to ask for this. I think this is very difficult in this age and a part of world, because every household has at least a cell phone, a tablet or a PC/notebook and all of them can stream both. I wouldn't try to play this angle.
Edit: Okay, time to correct myself. Quoting Ceska televize:
Who is obliged to pay the fee?
Each household which owns a TV is obliged to pay the TV licence fee. A ‘TV receiver’ or a ‘TV set’ means any device technically capable of receiving a television signal transmitted by radio frequencies, satellites or cable systems. You must pay the TV licence fee even if you use your TV receiver only to watch content on commercial platforms such as UA-cam, Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon prime, HBO, etc.
However, you are not obliged to pay the fee for computer monitors, laptops or mobile phones.
For example, if you have a TV set at home, but it is not connected to the TV antenna, you still have to pay the TV licence fee because the TV receiver is technically capable of receiving the signal.
Tak už se konečně můžete cítit jako Češi. Gratuluji!
Haha, @prasoprdelohlav1 tak počkat, to byl ten finální test na občanství? 👀🤓
@@DreamPrague Je to paradox. Smát se, nebo plakat? Jednak jsme nuceni platit televizi, která má skoro 3000 zaměstnanců a rozpočet 7 000 000 000,- kč (to nemají ani některá ministerstva) s nekontrolovaným hospodářstvím (když požádáte o informace tak dostanete začerněné smlouvy) a pořád jí to je málo. Co za to dostáváme? Produkci podřadných pořadu, neustále opakování pořadů z minulého režimu a zpravodajství kterému nikdo nevěří.
A exekuce v ČR? Existuje několik případů, kdy dítě jedoucí MHD načerno dostalo pokutu kterou ze strachu doma zatají a když dosáhne plnoletosti, tak dostane jako dárek do životního startu skoro milionový dluh. Velkou část dluhu tvoří odměna pro exekutora. Dobrý byznys, ne?
Situace kterou vystihl Karel Kryl: A s hubou rozmlácenou dnes zůstali jsme němí,
Ne, nejsme na kolenou - ryjeme držkou v zemi!
@@DreamPragueAno 😂 Pro jistotu si nechávejte nějaké peníze v hotovosti, kdyby náhodou, už se několikrát stalo, že exekutor nechal částku nárůst a pak teprve skočil na člověka a sál ho, jako klíště , řešilo se to i mediálně, právě v České televizi 😅
@@DreamPrague Česká Televize i Český rozhlas(který také musíte platit, pokud máte doma rádio) navzdory zákonu o veřejnoprávních médiích slouží jako propagandistická media současné vládě a 5 stranám, které tuto vládu tvoří a už brzy vás donutí tuto daň navýšit a i kdyby jste se zbavila televize či rádia, budete tuto daň muset platit, pokud budete mít počítač nebo chytrý telefon,:(
@@SimonaZtepila To je dobrá rada taky pro survival scenáře. Pár tisíc do evakuačního batohu..
Thank you for this very important PSA . We are planning on returning back to Czechia next year, and we certainly don’t want to be executed.
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Milá paní Jennifer! Děkuji Vám za milý a velkorysý a současně oprávněně rozčilený pohled zvenčí na život v Česku. Čech, veden selským rozumem, se někdy rozčílí nad díly politiků a zákonodárců, ale nakonec mávne rukou a udělá to, co "oni" chtějí. V tomto ohledu máte pochycen kus české nátury, což ve mně nevzbuzuje pocit hrdosti, že česká povaha je správná, natož nejlepší. Naopak, líbí se mi temperamentní jiskřičky ve Vašich očích, když zvedáte hlavu k odporu. Znát dobře jazyk cizí země, získat dobrého, to je nezištného a informovaného přítele v cizí zemi je podmínkou přežití a spokojenosti v cizině. Na Vaše videa jsem se doposud díval nepravidelně, ale ode dneška se stávám pravidelným divákem a posluchačem "Dream Prague". Těším se na Vaše další postřehy ze života!
„if none of your friends doesnt mention it in a bar, you never know“ that exactly summarizes life as an expat. It is so hard and even after years, it does not seem to get easier
This is even wider problem. In Slovakia when I finish highschool I have around 15 days to apply in employment buroe. Nobody told me that ever. And information system is really behind in matters like this.
Thank you, @greeeneyes91! It's hard! 😍
@@jurcik250 that is so true! All the information I had on when to register officially in Prague I had from websites from my home country, not from the Czech Republic. I was talking to my HR department, to other HR departments, to locals and NOBODY knew how it should be done correctly. It is ridiculous. On the other hand, people know it is bad and if you talk to them in Czech and are honest about it, people tend to help you out when you are wrong (at least my experience so far, maybe I was just extremely lucky). It is so hard and I dont really have a solution on this other than reading comment sections like this and getting my information like this haha
Asi bych měl upozornit, že kromě České televize je nutné platit takto zvlášť také Český rozhlas. Předpokládám, že víte o placení za odpady. Každopádně pěkné video jako vždy. Díky 🙂
@@IrisKate U firmy bacha, abyste neměli ve firmě auto s autorádiem. Spousta lidí i firem rádio nepoužívají, ale kvůli tomu, že mají auto, kde je autorádio, musí platit.
@@radekholecekstačí mobil s přijímačem a neukecáš to
@@vr_proc4125 Televizi, rádio, mobil jsem koupil před pár dny a ještě ho nestihl přihlásit (je tam nějaká lhůta) a následně třeba zase prodal. Do bytu nikoho nepustím.
@@IrisKate Tohle už z dlouhodobého hlediska nemůže procházet, rádio můžete poslouchat i na počítači.. totéž TV...
@@premyslhnilicka9391 Zatím je koncesionářský poplatek pouze za přímače radio a tv signálu. Chtějí to uplatnit i na internetové "příjmače" , ale spousta lidí se logicky brání. Důvodem vzniku koncesionářského poplatku bylo vybudovat infrastrukturu pro tv a radio. Pokud budou využívat soukromé sítě pro internet, nemají co budovat.
When I came to Sweden in 1981, there was this thing called "pejling" which was basically a continuation of the Nazi Gestapo searching for local resistance communication stations, only this time to catch non-paying residents watching TV. Chatter1 informed me that this went away some 20-25 years ago. So I checked with my buddy in Stockholm and this fee is now bundled with another great one, the "burial fee." They clearly connected the dots; watching TV and dying. One eventually leads to the other!
as well as drinking water, everybody I knew who died drunk it!!! dots are obvious... da da daaa
In Great Britain, about 150 people are in prison on average for not paying TV. licence.
😱😱😱
They are in prison for not paying the fine. It went well beyond not paying the licence fee
@waynekeenansvideos still, seems a bit extreme 😳
@waynekeenansvideos ,well, they're in prison for not paying a TV licence and consequently not paying a fine....To me, it's the same thing .
@@zdendaderman5253 just like there are 0 people in prison right now for it is the same as 150
Been there even as a Czech. I lived with my parents and later in few rental apartments with my permanent address still at my parents and had no idea something like that exists. Then I changed my permanent address, the first postal order came and I was like: "What??" There was a lot of googling to find out what it really is, why I have to pay it and from when I actually have to pay it to make sure there was no executor coming for me.
Few months later I got warning from the city I didn't pay my waste tax on time. My what...?!
I still don't understand why you don't get some list of all taxes with short description you have to pay when you become an adult / start living in the country. Why we all have to gather street information, google things we don't even know they exist or wait for warnings/fines/executors to find out about it.
@@marekvasku5610 Ten se mě netýká, ale snad za pět let nezjistím, že existuje i nějaký poplatek za kočky xD
Já jsem teď zatím ve fázi a) nemám TV (ani rádio), b) bydlím v nájmu, c) trvalé bydliště mám stále u rodičů, kteří ve své domácnosti za TV platí, d) elektřinu platí majitel bytovky, kterému pouze posílám zálohy spolu s nájmem, není psaná na mě. Takže jsem to zatím nikdy neřešil a celou dobu počítám s tím, že o mně nemají jak vědět. Jen Jen mě teď trochu vystrašila. :D Ale podle toho odkazu na ČT to vypadá, že by každopádně prvně měla přijít výzva k platbě, na kterou se pak dá reagovat právě prohlášením "nemám TV". Tak doufám, že se nepletu a nebudu popraven popravčím. :D
@@TheAngelsHaveThePhoneBox Ano, přijde výzva. ;)
@@TheAngelsHaveThePhoneBox Jakmile vznikne povinost platby, tak vaši adresu mít budou. Takže složenka přijde hned jak ji budou moci poslat. Na tohle jsou rychlí. A vykecat se dá jen z TV, z rádia nikoliv. I to ale bude brzy pasé. V zásadě my všichni neplatící využíváme toho, že je ten zákon zastaralý a neobsahuje současné technické možnosti. Plánuje se to ale propojit s odběrem elektřiny, aby se této situaci zamezilo. Takže si pak dám druhé kolo překvapeného: "Mám platit co?!" XD
It was my impression that the evil person with an axe is called executioner, while executor is more or less a decent figure even in America.
Yes, you are absolutely right. But still the way that Czechs pronounce it: EX-e-cu-tor as opposed to e-XEC-u-tor, somehow makes it seem like it's someone sent out to execute us.
@@DreamPrague Calm down, the Inquisitor (see Red Dwarf series) or the Terminator (forcibly terminate the TV set) could still come.
In the case you will not pay the money, they will "execute" you anyway, you could end as homeless... These executors are serving dark side, you can regularly read stories about people these were "executed" because they forget to pay some small fee in the past... The low is not good, "executors" have too much power... :-(
An executor in the US is "vykonavatel závěti" or something like that, right?
Well, the separate TV tax is something pretty common in many EU countries. In Germany it's waaaayyy higher than here, too. However in my case it's just been automatically added to my SIPO that I pay my electricity and repund fund contributions with.
I'm Czech. In 2018 I managed to get a good look at them. I didn't even care about money, because I gave a lot of money to the disabled at that time. I sent them a letter (directly to Czech TV) telling them that my mother had died. Also that I was poor, that I had no money for a new TV set (the old one broke). Then I went to the post office just to be sure and checked out the fee. Every month I buy one bottle of wine and drink that to celebrate the fact that I've outgrown them.
Thank you sooo much for sharing!!
It was a calm evening until I logged into UA-cam and saw this video on my feed. Spent the last 2 hours getting all the info about these fees.
I was not aware that's a thing here in Czechia and I will now take action thanks to you!
Hey, FYI, unfortunately, there is also a radio fee in the Czech Republic. It's to be paid to a different bank account. It is 45 CZK fer month. Sorry to have spoiled your day. When I learned about this a few years ago, I was pretty pissed off. (I am Czech.)
I agree that it's confusing, but the idea behind it is that it's not a tax, it's a fee paid directly to Czech TV, basically to make sure that public TV can't be influenced by the state through budget cuts. But it's an outdated idea and I don't think it really makes sense, because for example the courts are also independent, but financed by the government budget. So I think it could be the same for television, it's just a question of passing a law that would make it mandatory to fund it from the state budget every year. There are currently some discussions about changes in this system (and also about increasing the fee), but most of them still propose solutions that would involve separate payments. And since it's a highly politicized issue, I kind of doubt that any changes will be implemented in the near future.
Hi Jen, I recently moved to Prague and i wanted to tell you that your channel saved my life!! made it so much easier to understand, so thank you for your best ideas and tips!!! Keep on the great work!!
Thank you so much, @ronniegati6310! 😍 I am so happy my channel can be useful.
Oh Jen, I'm so sorry you've been in so much trouble with the TV fees. I am well aware that there in America, the clerks treat ordinary citizens much better than the clerks here in the Czech Republic. I hope you can overcome all this successfully and continue to live in the Czech Republic. Fingers crossed!!!
I would not be so sure about this. Try not to pay your tax in America and you will see for yourself.
Also, you have to pay radio tax!
Hi, Jen. Interesting video, I hope everything ends well for you.
Loved the language portion about executor. I remember reading such a phrase in one of my student's essay this year. It was meant to be an official letter for university and at the very end was something like "I hope for a quick and positive execution." And while executing orders is a thing, here it made me chuckle.
As for bureaucracy, it just keeps getting bigger and bigger, worse and worse. When it comes to paying some fees or fines, do make double triple sure everything is paid. Bad thing is, often times even the bureaucrats do not know what needs to be paid and whether it was paid already. And sometimes there is an unpaid check from 20 years ago that then amasses interest and fines etc. So, getting a letter and paying the TV tax is actually not that bad. ;) Paying extra sucks, but hopefully nothing worse happens.
As for Czechs not telling immigrants what all the different ridiculous things here are, there are so many ridiculous things that even us do not know all of them. There are over 2 million law norms. For about 10 million people. Nobody here knows them all. Nobody in any country knows all of their silly stuff - there is too much silliness around. Do not feel bad for getting lost in some of it, everybody does at times.
Exactly as you say happened to me, bill payed already for months and suddenly I received executer order for unpayed bill, luckily it went smooth that time, but man, those guys are like hungry wild animals ready to take you down anytime!!!😡😡😡
You are so kind and I fully agree.
I'm laughing every time you say "executor" because I would not think to say it like the synonym for "executioner." I would assume it's more like "ex-EC-utor," the word we use when talking about the executor of a will, for example. But your version is much funnier.
In Czechia is also tax for a Radio. I'm not from Czechia, i'm from slovakia and we HAD very similar tax we call it "Koncesionárske Poplatky" but are paid not by TV or Radio, but when you had a electric connection to your house, you also needs to pay it regardless if you have or not have a TV. But you will receive payment order automaticly dont need to sign anywhere. Thankfully since July of this year this tax is no longer collected. Also i really like how you mention scam mails when you open self-employee bussiness (OSVČ/ZSČO), these scams are in Slovakia too. Most of time you will pay one time fee and after few days you realise oh crap it was scam, more worst variants are when these "services" are yearly subscriptions, and sometimes are nearly impossible to cancel, and when you will not pay that fees, debt collectors arrives. Bureaucracy is terrible
In Germany we pay 220,32 € or 5.354,37 CZK per year for radio + TV. Czechia seems like a bargain in comparison.
By the way, didn't you always want to make a video clip from inside a czech prison cell?
Best regards from Berlin
Me working few months as a postman finally understanding what all those green letters from Ceska Televize were.
Hi Jen, I have just watched this video and would kindly offer you a piece of advice: Make a standing order at your bank, both for the TV fees and also for the Radio fees. I didn't know until a few years ago, but even if you never listen to the radio, once you have a TV, you also have to pay fees for the public radio. I have two standing orders (one for TV, one for the radio - they go to different bank accounts) and pay the fees every six months. This makes sure that even if you decide to leave the country, you don't overpay too much.
Hi Jen, we have also similar fee for radio so do not be surprised (and it is paid to some different bank account) :-). For Czechs, when you pay for electricity they assume you have TV and radio and should also pay for it (135 + 45 CZK), that is way how they can get contacts on people. However, if you do not have TV/radio (they say something like "device capable to receive signal") you can write it to them and you do not need to pay for it (theoretically they can send someone to check it but I have not heard about any case). With radio it may be more complicated because it is also in most cell phones (but it should not be applied), people have radio in cars etc. And if you use TV/radio at work it may be necessary to pay something too (e.g. barbershop).
I checked with ČRO since I do not own any other device capable of receiving a radio signal and mobile phones are (for the time being) free of taxation.
Hi, you can upgrade your data box for a fee so messages do not get deleted.
Also note, that there is a radio tax in the same way as the TV tax, just cheaper. Better check if you paid this as well.
Funny yeah.
Upgrade government service :)
Interesting... If i remember correctly Jen lived in Japan for a while and they have same separate TV tax.
Once in a while , usually older man, visits you and asks if you have TV and if you are you paying for NHK :-).
Oh, I'm very sorry to hear about you troubles. I know this feeling. I've lived in England and in the start I just paid for everything because I didn't know, what is important or not. I thought to myself, if I would get some "manual" when I entered the country, that would be helpful.😊
Good luck with everything you're doing. Šárka
Hey Jen! I am a 22-year old American CyberSecurity analyst (I.T) who wants to move to a Slavic country. So far, I like Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Hungary.
The language barrier would not be a problem, as I already speak German & Dutch and I plan on learning a Slavic language soon.
Can you do a video discussing Real Estate in Czech? The prices, best cities to live, internet speeds, etc.
50-100Mbps DL is pretty common even in smaller towns/villages.
The realty market is kind of f*cked.
Prices are almost the same or sometimes higher than richer western countries, while average income is still around 30-50% of what our western neighbours make.
@@cirion66 wow, even with a U.S. salary?
@@olafharoldsonnii4713 not sure about that one, but let's say a semi-detached house / medium apartment in a ~100k city costs the same or more per m2 in comparison to a UK's 100k city, while the average income is around half.
Good luck with the move, @olafharoldsonnii4713! Hope you make it to Prague one day (if you don't end up moving here). Thank you for the tip on the video, I will think about it!💚
Well well, Romania and Hungary are not Slavic countries:-)
Hi Jen. It's good advice to don't forget to pay it but also it would be good explanation why we must pay it.
It's easy. Tax for public media is here to make sure that these media will be objective and will not support any side (politic, religion etc...). So public media are not directly paid by government but by people. Also that's why they don't need so much advertisements in their broadcasting. That meant that even private sector can't "hire".
Basically these TV and radio tax is here to make sure people will have chance to get to objective, independent news.
The Czech Republic is also paid 45 kc per month for the radio so that it is not another foreclosure
Jen, TV tax is just one item one has to pay in your monthly bill.
There is monthly also a radio tax, deposit for heat, water and electricity, internet bill. Quarterly: gas deposit. Yearly: Waste collection bill, income tax return form, land/building/flat owner's tax and dog/cat owner's tax. Income tax, Social and health insurance are included in (paid from) your wage bill.
in slovakia we call it Zástrčková daň (wallplug tax), meaning, if you have electricity in your house, then you MAY watch public TV so you HAVE TO pay the tax when ether you have or have not the TV :D
Hahaha @SurrendeRMaS! That's a great justification! 🙊😂
@@DreamPrague So I am reading now that Slovakia has canceled this tax as of 1st of July 2023. :) main reason was actually what I wrote.. It was unfair for those who didn't watch or own TV/radio. RTVS (slovak version of ČT) will be payed from the state by 0.17% GDP
Excellent!
Řekl bych: "Vítej v Čechách!", ale sleduji Vás už tak dlouho, že by to nedávalo smysl.
Mějte se fajn!
The TV tax is paid directly by citizens because it is supposed to be an independent and direct source of finance for the Czech TV to make it not rely on state funding and keep it independent from political influences. In theory at least. In practice the TV tax amount has been the same for 10+ years so its purpose is diminished.
Meanwhile CT and CRo is as "apolitical" as the BBC.
@@wowado Suuure, if you say so so opinionatedly, it must be true. ... Meanwhile, anyone else can look up e.g. "Výroční zpráva o činnosti ČT v roce 2022" and see the statistics for themselves.
@@wowado Of course CT is political. It has to provide infromation about public affairs, politics being one of the most important ones. People who complain about CT in relationship wth politics are usually the ones who don't like when they are called out on their own bullshit.
@@Hacnar Problem is not that "public media" have information of political theme, but that they have political bias but they do not admit that. If they would be private and not financed by taxes then I do not care. But if you are obliged to pay it by law, even if you do not watch/listen to them then it is wrong.
If they want to be "public" they should reduce to one channel just for the objective information and news (this and that happened somewhere, no political bs view added, just plain facts), weather and time, maybe some short sport section. And then they could get nice slim part of money set by law as part of yearly goverment budget. And if they still want to cry about money, then they should put it behind paywall. Who really wants it will pay.
@@kolomaznik333 My comment about complaints still stands.
In slovakia this TV special tax was cancelled his year. I payed last 23euros to the RTVS account and finito.
Myšlenka je taková že veřejné rozpočty řídí politika. A pokud by byla Česká televize, jako nezávislé médium, dotována ze státního rozpočtu ... nebude nezávislá.
The reason it's a separate tax is, that the Public Broadcast should be independent, thus not financed by government. As the taxes are collected by government, it is paid directly.
Ještě se platí poplatek 45,-Kč měsíčně za Český rozhlas. A to, i když nemáš rozhlasový přijímač a neposloucháš Č. rozhlas. Máš totiž zařízení, které umožňuje poslouchání. Mobil, tv, pc ....
Honestly its really helpful topic. I live in uk and we were getting this (scam letters) i always bin it and once i asked landlord and he was completely scared. He explained how dangerous is it to play with the fire. So i called them, we dont need to pay if we dont have tv, but we have to pay if we watch online tv, then u dont pay if u watch Netflix but u have to pay if u watch amazon movies. Doesnt matter if u watch on laptop, phone.. Omg so messed up. Mam v tom bordel! They completely assure me i dont need pay if i dont watch movies, but if i watch online football i have to pay. Mental illness is correct word for it. 🤣
The same in Germany, but you have too pay about 18 Euro every month. But you pay per household. Even if you don't have a TV.
The worst thing is scammers (even from other nearby countries) know very well this "lost in translation" issue and are actively trying to scam you. And I would say they succeed with many foreigners. It's awful.
The BBC and RTE have those too, but they run few commercials, which is kinda awesome!
Hi Jen, what’s on TV?
Hi Jen, the TV tax (poplatky) is paid separetely for a good reason: it is to keep the content independent from the government/ parliament who would be assigning the budget money from the collected tax and thus have direct influnence on the content (especillay the news). This setting was taken from the BBC and it was something we were really proud of after having decades of the communist TV. The system is not really flawless (as different people would rather hear different kind of news or watch different program for their money) and the whole system is not completely independent from the parliament influence. But it still makes it a "public controlled" (verejnopravni) TV as different from a "state" or a "goverment" TV. I am not really sure about the criteria who has to pay the fess (I do not have TV- so I do pay). I hope this explanation makes this fee a bit less painful to for you. Maybe it is so much more expensive from the U.S. because we have much less people to contribute? And I fully agree that the Czech bureacracy is insane when it comes to service to public. We are treated straight away as intentional criminals for very small, non-intentional offences. I hope you get out of it soon and without much damage ! Thanks for your videos, love watching them :)
Its for the same reasons the same in Germany :) We also adopted it from the BBC.
Yes, you are right. Currently, the amount of the TV tax is fully in the hands of politicians and legislators, who can decide on its amount according to their political will. It is the subject of political debate, election campaigns and other political ugly theaters every year (and they can use blackmail on the management of the television to change the content of the news and programs, the staffing of the newsrooms, the invitation of politicians to broadcast, etc.; together with the political staffing of the supervisory bodies of the councils and the approval of the annual reports). Czech Television is in a hostage position and even if it would need to increase its income, which has not been increased for many years while demands and inflation are growing, the income is not increased for political populist reasons. I see absolutely no advantage in political "independence" (=proclaimed formal, which in reality is not.). The BBC has changed "fee" to "purpose tax" and the amount is changed according to inflation, increasing every year. Not so here.
@@marekvasku5610 I was trying to explain the reason why this fee is not paid directly from the state budget. The intention was good. The political theatre is getting crazy in the last years in many ways and the tendency to control the public media by any means is very strong. The fee should go up, people should understand what the public TV really means, the influence of the political parties over nominating the board members and the director should be eliminated. But the system of financing is not bad by itself. Without it, there would be a full fledged state/government TV instead.
Most public television stations in the US spend quite a bit of time pledging. pledging and pledging for memberships!
Hope all ends up well.
To je mi vážně líto, ze máte takové problémy. Ja zrusila poplatky asi pred 15 lety, s tím že jsem na poště vypsala čestné prohlášení, že doma televizi nesledujeme. Což je pravda, my už velmi dlouhé roky žijeme jen z informací na internetu.
2:53 like you've said it's tax only for owners of tv. If it was included in the "main" taxes then it would've been for everyone even if you wouldn't have a tv
Here's an idea, why doesn't the federal government provide a lump sum to the public TV broadcaster from general tax revenue on behalf of the public. You know, sort of like how they build public roads without asking for individual contributions from each driver.
The reason why the TV tax is separate is that this way politicans cannot put pressure on the public TV board of directors. If the could they could do that, they could have much bigger influence on the content - mainly the news.
P. S. The monthly fee for the radio is 45 CZK.
Koncesionářské poplatky v současné době již neplní původní funkci koncese. Původně koncesionářský poplatek umožňoval či opravňoval vlastnit rádiový a posléze i televizní přístroj a přijímat vysílání, kdy toto oprávnění je vyjádřeno slovem koncese. Nyní však lidé nedostávají a neplatí si oprávnění vlastnit přijímač, ale platí za to, že daný přístroj užívají (Pokud jej máte v krabici, ve sklepě, platit nemusíte.). Dosud mohla většina lidí čestně prohlásit (papírově), že přístrojem nedisponuje nebo jej vůbec neužívají (Tedy je uskladněn. NIKOLIV, že jej používají jen výhradně ke sledování neveřejnoprávního vysílání.). Toto se nově velmi eliminovalo, neboť lidé budou platit s libovolného přístroje, který jakýmkoliv způsobem umožňuje získat veřejnoprávní obsah, tedy i pokud máte moderní telefon (tzv. smartphone), který umožňuje získání obsahu přes internet. Stále však můžete čestně prohlásit, že nemáte žádný přístroj (Například tzv. přírodní lidé, kteří skutečně nemají televizi, rádio ani počítač či tzv. chytrý telefon.), který veřejnoprávní vysílání umožňuje a poplatky platit nemusíte. Je jasné, že se čestným prohlášením dostanete do hledáčku "úřadů", ale pokud tvrdíte pravdu, nemáte se čeho obávat. Nezapomeňte však čestné prohlášení provést co nejdříve a nebo neignorujte placení poplatků...
Hi, is there a way to watch Vypravej with eng subtitles please somewhere? Thank you
Hi Jen, the data box can be adjusted, so that the content did not disappear in three months but stayed in the box.
Yeah but you need to pay...
@@eiramram2035 Je to možné. Pravda je, že pravidlům "datového trezoru" "na zkoušku" na stránkách datové schránky asi správně nerozumím. Takže je možné, že mi za rok od zapnutí datového trezoru naúčtují 120 Kč za 20 uložených zpráv. A asi je zaplatím, než řešit exekutora.
Je možné, že za televizi a rozhlas platí váš pronajímatel bytu, protože tyto poplatky jsou za byt, ne za osobu. V tom případě by jste úřadu pouze doložila, že je částka hrazená z výpisu pronajímatele bytu. Zkuste jej kontaktovat a zeptat se zda tyto poplatky platí nebo ne.
ano taky jsem chtěl doporučit totéž, nebo si prostudovat nájemní smlouvu.
Oh, to je zajímavé, @Jihala1! Děkuji moc za radu! 🙏
Hope you also know about the municipal waste tax :)
A _majority_ of traffic laws. 😀 Welcome to Czechia. Out on the streets it is like in a jungle. 😀
Go driving to Italy or Egypt to see a jungle... 😉😇
@@toruvalejo6152 I'll never forget our taxi driver taking us the wrong way down a major highway on the shoulder in Cairo. I asked him why he was doing this and he said it was quicker. It's also rather common to see old men taking a casual stroll in the left lane. Or having to slow down because there's a donkey cart in the middle lane.
A tak ještě pohlídej Český rozhlas tam jsou poplatky taky
to odmítam platit když rádio neposloucham, ať mi vylížou prdel 😀
The only reason one needs to pay this tax separately is to be able to not call it a tax but a "fee". But they will probably make it mandatory for everybody (at least everybody who has a smartphone, so just a mandatory fee)
Oh, you know how to have fun with Czech bureaucracy 😂
Hope that everything is going to get resolved and that it won't impact your citizenship.
Cheers 🤗
Well... to be fair here, most of us think, that this particular tax is very stupid. If it can be avoided, we find ways not to pay for it. Same goes for the radio tax. Just because I own a bloody TV screen which i sometimes use to watch a movie stream on some website doesnt mean I watch anything from the state television. That screen is incapable of it anyway, since it uses the old standard. And as a bonus, they want to increase the price. Yep..... this bullet can be dodged. You are absolutely right. They should either sponsor it from the regular taxes, or they should let that TV make it's own money.
I had no idea about the TV tax!
Me being Czech, I find this tax so ridicilous 😂 why do we have to pay for something we get provided via operators? This law is absurd and it should be finally cancelled.
jsem jim čestně a slavnostně prohlásila, že nevastním a neplatím. Nicméně tohle neví ani většina mladých lidí. Na mě si vzpoměli s rozhlasem až snad po třech letech a televize vůbec :-D
Ve školách se učej totiž samý hovadiny, ale že člověk musí platit za popelnice a TV, to vám nikdo neřekne a doma vaši socko-rodiče vám to taky neřeknou když to neplatěj. 😀
Thanks for sharing, Jen. I'm also an American starting the process of applying for citizenship (language test in October - wish me luck). Do you know if owing money for this TV tax will be counted as a strike against you in the citizenship application? I know that when we apply for citizenship our debt history is reviewed, but I figure they are focused on income tax, health tax, and social tax.
Oh wow, good luck, @callumvoge6749! Držím palce! I am not sure about that but I hope I get it. 😅🔥
Maybe if you can talk your way out of paying the TV tax it will count as passing the language test?
Most likely not. Being currently in "exekuce" might be a problem but if Czech TV has not contacted you and asked you to pay yet, they will have no idea.
Sorry to hear you got into this, it's just...I'm a kid from a television family, so I can't really get mad. I guess it's a cultural thing, in which it's an absolutely normal thing for us. You know...like the super-awkward college tuition or the HOA fees in the US.
Also: fingers crossed for your successful citizenship path, hope to see you amongst us soon!
Thank you, @petrlorenc7230! That's a good comparison with the college fees, good point!
@@DreamPrague just so that we understand each other: I'm in love with the US for the rest of my life. For sure, no question about it. It's just fair to admit there are some cultural differences between us. That we're ought to celebrate, rather than getting upset about. Howgh.
In Sweden you don't need to worry about whether you've payed your tv license fee or not as the state cashes it out automatically since some years ago, whether you watch your tv or not, they blame it on other platforms like computers, smartphones etc where you can watch tv channels without the control of the state!!!
And the license fee is of course for public/state tv, not for the private channels !!!
Are you saying that "pejlingen" is a thing of the past?
@@paulselinger6658 oh yea, for a long, long time now, like 20-25 years ago....
to all non czech people: you have to pay TV tax (licence fee) only if you have permanent residence or long term residence iz CZ and you live in a household alone or with other foreigners without before mentioned residency
It looks like one of the most accurate comment. She says that she is living here for 10+ years, but would put her in 15-20k czk range, but she gets only about 10k czk to pay. That means that she has a permanent residency only for about 6 years and that explains the numbers as she need to pay only for that period + penalties.
Thats sad and dumb, exactly as you say. Hope it will be ok! :)
Speaking of light tax, here in central MN they charging us 2 bucks/ per month for our street light, charged to our water bill 🤣
I would rather use my torch or headlamp, really. Streelights are only good for lighing up the skies.
Jen, to je proto, ze pokud nebudete vlastnit zadny televizni ani rozhlasovy prijimac, tak nic neplatite.
Krome TV mame konsesionarske poplatky i za radio :)
Poplatky za veřejnoprávní TV, za veřejnoprávní rádio, za Sociální služby a Zdravotnictví jsou odděleny od daní směřujících do státní pokladny a státního rozpočtu, ale jdou přímo daným institucím. Vzhledem k tomu, že jsou odděleny od státního rozpočtu, tak stát nemůže těmto institucím na tyto peníze sáhnout a "říct", že např. peníze co byly odvedeny pro TV a Rádio budou na nákup zbraní pro armádu... U veřejnoprávní TV a veřejnoprávního rádia pak oddělení od státního rozpočtu má (teoreticky) zajistit nezávislost veřejnoprávních médií.
We pay 335 CHF a year for SRF. I don't want to even try to aviod paying :D The truth is they are not so strict here. The letter is normally sent again after while.
Lived in Germany for a year and guess what! TV tax there is 17.5 EUR a month or 210 EUR a year :D
Only one way how to avoid TV fee is dont own TV. And sent to czech TV letter with honor declaration you dont have TV or any device for receving signal from towers like Žižkov transmitter. If you have old CRT television and you make aquarium from that, you will still pay, becouse you own device which is manufactured for recieve signal :-D. Or old tv without digital input. We have really stupid byrocraci about this.
Jeste ze jsem se podival na video hned me to pripomelo podivat se do datovky :D
What if you have a tv but its only analog
Hi I have had the same problem with the TV tax and even I am the real czech citizen and not an ordinary American imigrant.😂😊❤
Bohu žel se musí platit i poplatek rozhlasu. Tak očekávejte ještě jeden dopis.
Ok. Each country has its own stupidities. In US for example you have to pay tips and additional taxes for your food. The price they show you in the meal list is not the final one .
Hey, Jen, there is one other reason, why it's so compartmentalised, other than what majenazprahy mentions. The tax is contingent on your household owning a TV (at the moment, there is talk about this being expanded to personal computers as well, as a lot of people watch Czech TV on them, completely forgoing a TV), meaning, if you don't have a receiver of some kind at the moment (be it a TV, a settop box or a DVB-T to LAN stream device) you have to pay. Same goes for your radio. You don't own one, you're not liable to pay the tax. It's more similar to a property tax, actually.
My opinion is that reason for this "separation" is that each organization (CeskaTelevize or CeskyRozhlas) gets the money directly do their account. Not processed or re-distrubuted via state if tax would be paid in package.
Zdravím napadlo mě, že by jsi mohla v této souvislosti udělat video o PČR, MěP, cizinecké policii, jejich práci a podobně.
Nejlepší cesta, jak to řešit je jít na stránky České Televize a do sekce poplatky. Tam se lze zaregistrovat a nastavit si inkaso z účtu.
in Brno, there is trash tax (and it's not in praha), and yes no one would tell you...
question, dose it apply if i have a PC monitor?!
Lol I didn't know they don't have to pay it there. Have you any idea why or how is it in Prague financed?
edit: Okay so I looked it up on Google and it says that only foreigners and students aren't obligated to pay.
No, PC monitor is not device able to receive TV broadcasting. But if you add Set top box to the monitor, you create that device and you have to pay.
You can choose in the data box resending every mail to your private e-mail address. 😊
Thank you, @martinastranska5359! I will give that a try! 😍
That's why i don't want Datavou schránku!
BTW, anybody tell you about Radio tax?
for Český rozhlas...
Well, we pay it reguraly along with electricity and gas bill with SIPO in one "paper". And I also wandered where actually US public television get money from, now I know and I also know why it's so poor... 😂
Better check once more, the fee for executor rises very fast and sometimes, the last info about debt may not be the actual one. Just to be sure, you are clear already. I hope you won't have further trouble with it...
Na Slovensku sme museli platiť koncesionársky poplatok za TV už keď človek vlastnil pripojenie elektriky do domácnosti. Teraz to zrušili a bude sa to platiť v daniach ako v USA.
One thing I really hate about the executors is: Those using their services rarely put much effort towards contacting you. And they don't give a damn that it costs you a multiple of what you owe them. I would say that this part is not fair at all, and that the fee for the executor are very disproportional.
I would say this is one of the things I'm really ashamed of in our state: There is money to be made from unfortunate people. It is an entire system and I would almost call it organized crime. Good thing you don't own some legitimate money lender with shady practices. Then they would strip you off all your earthly belonging, sell them well under their actual value in a little known auction to the people they actually tipped off about it. Your debt doesn't decrease much, they take away all money from your accounts. No wonder some people end up preferring illegal work, because then the executor won't be aware of the money you earned in cash.
In Slovakia this nonsense was eliminited.
Buy a car, pay the radio fee, buy/rent a flat, pay the TV and radio fee... I've read about this system and the bottomline was "unless you are homeless, blind (deaf in case of radio), living in poverty, tourist or a diplomat... you are required to pay the fee". Technically it's about owning a device with TV router, but does anybody check that up? Same with the signal... in newer appartment buildings it's either paid services (IPTV, cable), very limited official streaming over the Internet or not watching TV broadcast at all.
On one hand this seems like a useless tax. There's a heavy indoctrination to watch the TV and it can be convenient in cases. Moving it under VAT (or other tax) would enable full official streaming and ease on the bureaucracy. On the other hand more and more people don't watch TV at all.
That is not fair!
I don't want to be mean, but I mean well.... Dog fees have you registered?
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I'm confused too, even though I'm Czech
Sad topic, hope everything will be ok =(((extra taxes here really look like weird quests that hardly possible to manage without a Czech friend. At least it is possible not to pay TV-tax if you do not have a TV, but what is really annoying is the Radio tax: if you buy a car that immediately means that you use the radio, so you must pay =( Another not obvious tax is garbage-tax (and it is different in different regions of Czech Republic, in Prague it is paid by the apartment owners, so it becomes a huge surprise for those who move from Prague to another city) - to pay it you need to indicate your "rodné číslo" (that not every foreigner has), so for the first time it's easier not to pay and wait for the letter "you have a debt" where they put "variabilní symbol" connected to you. And the amount is different every year and you are supposed to find out yourself the exact amount.
You sometimes can avoid paying for the garbage disposal - if you have permanent residence in a smaller town/village, but live in a different place, it should be part of your rent but like per apartment, not per person (which can make huge difference), but the original village MAY have a clause in their village rules that people who prove they don't stay in the village for most of the year are free from this fee. It probably originates in the elderly population being in hospitals or other places, but it can be still financially interesting for the village itself, because each permanent residence right generates payment from taxes they get each year, so even though you are not living there and not paying the garbage fee (because you don't generate any) the village can make money from you formally belonging into their jurisdiction. We have this arrangement and it's a win-win situation for both our family and the village.
Jen. Už si pro tebe jdou 😂😂
it's crazy that the messages are deleted by themselves from the data locker. without backing up those messages somewhere, I can't imagine using them safely. the database of my regular emails has been around since 2004
It's possible to pay some fee (depend on how many messages you want to save - 100 messages cost 720 CZK per year) to Czech Post and messages stays forewer. But free version have realy this limitation.
At least there is still an option to save it in computer.
Its because they want you to pay money for store them :-)
* you can pay Česká pošta to keep the messages in datová schránka directly.
* you can set up Portál občana to automatically save copies for free. Downside is that this copying counts as you having read the messages for legal purposes.
* you can use a 3rd party client which makes local copy of the messages, like e-mail clients of old. Datovka by CZ.NIC is a good one.
It is possible to store the messages via portal občana for free or use a desktop app datovka which saves them locally. The system is bad but there are options.
Well, in the video it's not described right when you must pay. You must pay if you have a terrestrial TV reciever and for terrestrial radio reciever in your home/car/office/cottage. It's paid for a household, so you can have multiple TVs and radios for your household member in home, cars or cottages, you still pay one fee. So if you don't want to pay you have to had no such recievers at your places - for TV and for radio. Since TV is broadcasted through DVB-T2 standard, you can have old TV which doesn't have a DVB-T2 reciever and you don't pay a TV fee because your old TV can't recieve terrestrial TV broadcast. But make sure your old TV can't recieve a radio signal either or you must pay a radio fee. It's simple: you don't pay for a device, but for a device, which can recieve the TV/radio broadcasting. Don't have anything which recieves such broadcasting - no fee.
Its not true. Even if you have old TV capable only receive old analog broadcasting, you have to pay. It has to be built as a monitor, not as a receiver.
even citizens don`t know what and when to pay. the system is made confusing on purpose, with rules changing constantly, so they can get you to pay late fees
I had never watched Czech Television before I applied for citizenship. And it’s not just about Czech Television; we don’t have any television channels (We do pay for Netflix, HBO Go, Disney Plus, UA-cam Premium, though). I do have a TV but not a receiver, so I can’t technically receive any signal.
The reason I started to pay that tax is I was going to apply for Czech citizenship and didn’t want to get in trouble or have some record. So I have been paying for it since 2014 and don’t watch any TV channels still. What a loser :D
You don't have a TV, you don't have to pay it. Just "unsubscribe" from the fees, the only thing you need is an affidavit.