Over-75s refunded £38m for TV licences - how you can reclaim - MSE News

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Almost £38 million has been paid back in the past three years to people aged 75 and over who were continuing to pay for their TV licence even though they no longer needed to, MoneySavingExpert can reveal...
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'Over-75s refunded £38m for TV licences - how you can reclaim'
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  • chippy2u
    chippy2u Posts: 320 Forumite
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    I recieved a £37 refund on my TV licence because I pay for a years licence in advance and my 75th birthday was before the licence expired. No need to to claim as it is paid back automatically after your birthday.
  • cajef
    cajef Posts: 6,266 Forumite
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    chippy2u wrote: »
    No need to to claim as it is paid back automatically after your birthday.

    Of course you have to claim, how do you think TV Licensing know your birthday and when you are 75 years old plus your National Insurance number unless you tell them.
  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,478 Forumite
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    Seriously, some people kept on paying the full amount? DOH.
  • badmemory
    badmemory Posts: 7,799 Forumite
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    I won't be entitled to a free license for over 2 years yet & when the gov were going to provide it I had no problem, but now the BEEB has to fund it themselves I am having second thoughts.
  • Blackbeard_of_Perranporth
    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth Posts: 7,605 Forumite
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    Scrap the regressive tv tax
  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,478 Forumite
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    chippy2u wrote: »
    I recieved a £37 refund on my TV licence because I pay for a years licence in advance and my 75th birthday was before the licence expired. No need to to claim as it is paid back automatically after your birthday.

    But if you had told them when you renewed on the last renewal before 75, you wouldnt have needed to pay it in the first place. BTW how did they know you were 75?
  • whatsthenews
    whatsthenews Posts: 156 Forumite
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    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »
    Scrap the regressive tv tax


    Nothing to do with TV licenses but re this


    "Cardiac Arrest - Electrical - Patient unconscious! Heart Attack - Plumbing - Patient conscious!
    Defibrillators Cannot Cure a Heart Attack!"


    What's your point?
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