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angelasocks
angelasocks Posts: 135 Forumite
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Moved house Nov 2023.  Got a letter from TV Licensing today 28 June 25  asking me if I needed a TV licence.  I haven't had a license for about 4 years and told them every year at my old address. 

However when I go to the form to tell them I don't want a license it asks me to put in a future date ie when someone will be living in the property (my current home).  I can't put a retrospective date in, it won't accept it.

So bit concerned should I have told TV license when I moved into this house even though I never wanted a TV license.  
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  • JSmithy45AD
    JSmithy45AD Posts: 627 Forumite
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    Either just bin it or put down 01/01/3035

    If you don't need a license then you're under no requirement to answer the letter.
  • angelasocks
    angelasocks Posts: 135 Forumite
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    "Either just bin it or put down 01/01/3035 "  lol. 

    Just tried the website on a different browser and it lets me bypass the future date.  

    Thank you 
  • Ayr_Rage
    Ayr_Rage Posts: 2,719 Forumite
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    If you don't need a licence, don't tell them anything.
  • oldernonethewiser
    oldernonethewiser Posts: 2,434 Forumite
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    Ayr_Rage said:
    If you don't need a licence, don't tell them anything.

    This is the sensible course of action. 
    Things that are differerent: draw & drawer, brought & bought, loose & lose, dose & does, payed & paid


  • Cornucopia
    Cornucopia Posts: 16,471 Forumite
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    Moved house Nov 2023.  Got a letter from TV Licensing today 28 June 25  asking me if I needed a TV licence.  I haven't had a license for about 4 years and told them every year at my old address. 
    That probably means that the previous occupiers had submitted "No Licence Needed", and when this expired you got a letter.

    However when I go to the form to tell them I don't want a license it asks me to put in a future date ie when someone will be living in the property (my current home).  I can't put a retrospective date in, it won't accept it.
    It sounds like you've sorted it out.   Submitting "No Licence Needed" isn't a legal requirement, though, and it doesn't really mean much because TV Licensing isn't a statutory agency, and it doesn't have statutory powers to demand this information.

    So bit concerned should I have told TV license when I moved into this house even though I never wanted a TV license.  
    There's no requirement to do this, and nothing will come from not doing it.

    TV Licensing is simply a BBC trademark, and the things they say to the public have as much factual accuracy as a Doctor Who script.
  • Xenon
    Xenon Posts: 264 Forumite
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    You do not need to answer the/any letter or have any contact with the BBC - it is just a phishing exercise to get your details on record and encourage them to come to your door to sell you a licence.

    Letter Bin Forget
  • AndyPK
    AndyPK Posts: 4,355 Forumite
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    they want a date, as that is when they will start sending you reminder letters again
  • Money_and_Travel
    Money_and_Travel Posts: 127 Forumite
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    Ayr_Rage said:
    If you don't need a licence, don't tell them anything.

    Totally agree.

    The less (preferably nothing) they know about you, the better.
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,922 Forumite
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    Moved house Nov 2023.  Got a letter from TV Licensing today 28 June 25  asking me if I needed a TV licence.


    Frame it and sell it on ebay if that really is the case. Most people get threatening letters hinting that your breaking the law by not
    having a licence but not explicitly stating you are breaking the law just enough of a threat to worry people but not land then in trouble.

    My recent one says      "by law they have no option but to continue their investigation".

    In BOLD it states    "You are breaching the communications act 2003 if you do not have a TV licence that covers you for...."

    I stopped reading at that point and accidently dropped it into the shredder.

    I cancelled Prime around the same time and they do not send threatograms.

    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • savergrant
    savergrant Posts: 1,657 Forumite
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    Moved house Nov 2023.  Got a letter from TV Licensing today 28 June 25  asking me if I needed a TV licence.


    Frame it and sell it on ebay if that really is the case. Most people get threatening letters hinting that your breaking the law by not
    having a licence but not explicitly stating you are breaking the law just enough of a threat to worry people but not land then in trouble.

    My recent one says      "by law they have no option but to continue their investigation".

    In BOLD it states    "You are breaching the communications act 2003 if you do not have a TV licence that covers you for...."

    I stopped reading at that point and accidently dropped it into the shredder.

    I cancelled Prime around the same time and they do not send threatograms.

    There is a difference as having cancelled prime you can't continue using the service without paying. It is technically possible to watch bbc TV without a licence so tv licensing want to find out who is doing that.
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