Early morning, 7:00. For many it is the beginning of the day, but for any Poles it may be the minute erstwhile the door knocks Polish Post Controller. In 2024, more than 118,000 calls to pay RTV subscription, and the number of unannounced visits to homes and companies is constantly increasing. In the face of low recovery, of just about 15 percent with 4.5 million registered farms, Poczta Polska intensifys its activities. What does that mean for you and your wallet? If you have an unregistered TV, you are facing a one-time punishment of PLN 819. In 2025, the rules of the game stay unchanged and the controllers have clearly defined working hours that are worth knowing.
Even though 96 percent Polish households have TVs, only half of them are registered. This immense gap in the strategy makes Poczta Polska, supported by authoritative court rulings and circumstantial regulations, gaining expanding power to verify the subscription obligation. Do you know erstwhile you can anticipate control and what to do erstwhile the controller steps on your door?
Morning Surprises: erstwhile can the RTV controller knock?
From recruitment announcements of the Polish Post Office, for example from the Wrocław branch, we know that standard hours of work of RTV subscription controllers are working days from 7:00 to 3:00. That's key information! This means that an unannounced visit may take place just after 7:00 a.m. before you can go to work, or in the afternoon erstwhile the controllers finish their shift. Although the Forsal Portal emphasizes that there are only a fewer twelve controllers across the country, which theoretically limits the number of possible controls, this does not mean that you can feel safe.
The Polish Post Office officially communicates that, although "the work to carry out checks concerns all users of RTV receivers", it focuses mainly on companies and institutions. However, this does not exclude controls in households, especially for unpaid summons or information obtained from cable tv operators. The likelihood of visiting after 3:00 or weekends is much less, but not entirely excluded. The controllers operate on circumstantial grounds, so ignoring correspondence from the Polish Post is simply a simple way to surprise.
Do you gotta let the controller in? Your rights and their duties.
This is 1 of the most crucial questions that many Poles are asking. According to the authoritative message of the Polish Post Office, RTV licence controls can only be carried out eligible staff employed by the Financial Centre. Important: neither postmen nor employees of local post offices have specified rights!
The controller has an absolute work to present 3 documents: authorisation to carry out control activities, business card and, upon request of the controlled person, identity card. As the Infor Portal states, you have all right to request that all these papers be presented before any conversation. Moreover, the ultimate Administrative Court's ruling from September 26, 2018which clearly states that the provisions do not give controllers the right to request entry into the premises to verify the possession of equipment requiring registration.
Lawyers agree – RTV licence controllers do not have the privileges assigned to uniformed services. This means that You don't gotta let them in the home or apartment., even if there are reasonable suspicions of having an unregistered receiver. However, refusal to cooperate may consequence in further administrative steps, specified as sending another call for registration and, consequently, imposing a penalty.
RTV 2025 subscription: Rates, penalties and what about backlogs?
The National Broadcasting Council has decided that 2025 fees will stay at the level of 2024, which is good news for home budgets. Monthly fee for The radio receiver is PLN 8.70 (which gives PLN 104.40 per year) and in case of possession TV subscription is PLN 27.30 per month (i.e., PLN 327.60 per year). Business Interia portal reminds that people who pay a subscription in advance for the full year can number on 10% discount. That means the amount 94 gold for radio or 294.90 PLN for TV for an yearly prepayment by January 25.
What if the controller finds the usage of an unregistered receiver? A punishment fee of up to 30 times the monthly subscription fee. In 2025 this means a severe penalty: 819 PLN for tv and 261 PLN for radio. But that's not all! If you have a registered receiver, but you have stopped paying, the Polish Post Office can issue a call for payment. In the absence of a response, the case may go straight to tax office. Fiskus has the right to download a late RTV subscription from your income tax, bank account, pension, or even salary. It's a real threat many forget.
Who's fired and what's next with the subscription? The future of the system.
It is worth remembering that not everyone has to pay RTV subscriptions. circumstantial social groups specified as: pensioners aged 75 years, blind, deaf, unemployed and disabled war. In order to benefit from this exemption, a declaration must be made at the post office. Failure to make a declaration, even if you meet the criteria, means that you inactive gotta pay.
Business Interia portal informs about the plans of the government that they establish total liquidation of the current subscription strategy by 2026. 2 scenarios are being considered: the full abolition of fees or the introduction of a fresh audiovisual charge, automatically charged with income tax, of around 9 PLN per month. The fresh form of public media backing is intended to destruct the problem of low gross due to the avoidance of subscription payment. This means that 2025 year may be the lastwhen Polish Post Office controllers carry out verification activities in homes and companies.
Until these changes are introduced, the current strategy will function unchanged and the controllers will proceed to work between 7:00 and 15:00, checking mainly companies, but besides selected households. Not knowing about the subscription obligations does not exempt from legal and financial liability for failure to meet them. Be aware of your rights and obligations to avoid unnecessary penalties.
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RTV 2025 subscription. Polish Post Office Controllers have been operating since 7:00 am! You can get PLN 819.
