Two easy ways you can legally avoid paying the £174 TV licence fee have been revealed by experts.
Two easy ways you can legally avoid paying the £174 TV licence fee have been revealed by experts.
UK households are reducing BBC TV Licence fee costs to £0 from £174 thanks to two tricks. Two easy ways you can legally avoid paying the £174 TV licence fee have been revealed by experts.
The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) has explained how pensioners can get themselves £0 TV licences. The first way is for pensioners over the age of 75 who can apply for Pension Credit.
If you’re 75 or over and you claim Pension Credit, you’re entitled to a free TV licence. If you’re visually impaired, you may be able to get a discount. You need a TV licence to watch or record live programmes on any TV channel, including BBC channels.
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You also need a licence to watch BBC programmes using BBC iPlayer – whether you’re watching live or watching a downloaded programme on your TV, computer, tablet or smartphone.
The second way to pay £0 for a TV license is for people of any age. It is actually possible to have a TV legally without having to pay a TV license for anyone who doesn’t watch the specific content that requires it, under TV Licensing guidelines.
Having a TV that only uses TV apps, and is not hooked up or tuned in to an external aerial, does not require payment of a TV license. So you do not watch television at the same time it is being broadcast, and do not tune in to the BBC, then it is entirely legal.
And catching up on shows such as through ITVX online after it has been aired is allowed, too.
Age UK advised: “If you’re 75 or over and you receive Pension Credit you can claim a free TV licence. It’ll cover you and anyone you live with, regardless of their age.”
Once you turn 75 you need to apply for your free TV licence – they’re not given out automatically. Contact TV Licensing on 0300 790 6117 for an application form.