Push against mandatory fees for Internet TV and mobile radio
Since September 1, computers and cell phones have to be paid for if they can be used as radio or TV sets. The SVP is now opposing this with a parliamentary initiative.
This week, SVP National Councillor Natalie Rickli will submit a parliamentary initiative to reverse the mandatory fee for Internet TV and cell phone radio that has been in force since September 1. She told the NZZ am Sonntag that it was unacceptable for computers and cell phones to be treated like conventional reception devices. This would turn the fee into a tax for everyone.
Thomas Rudin, spokesman for the reception fee collector Billag, expressed his surprise at the initiative. Firstly, 95 of private individuals and companies already pay fees, and secondly, the question of equal treatment arises, he told the Sonntagsblatt. Rickli disagreed, saying that a radio or TV set is purchased with the aim of receiving such programs. This is not the case with a computer or cell phone.
(In the picture: Natalie Rickli / Picture: Keystone)
Thomas Rudin, spokesman for the reception fee collector Billag, expressed his surprise at the initiative. Firstly, 95 of private individuals and companies already pay fees, and secondly, the question of equal treatment arises, he told the Sonntagsblatt. Rickli disagreed, saying that a radio or TV set is purchased with the aim of receiving such programs. This is not the case with a computer or cell phone.
(In the picture: Natalie Rickli / Picture: Keystone)
