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The BBC is planning to use iPlayer to find out which households haven\u2019t paid for a TV licence, Sky Money has reported.<\/p>\n
For the first time, in order to help find licence fee evaders, online BBC accounts could be linked with home addresses.<\/p>\n
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This means that any household that watches or records live TV on any channel or uses BBC iPlayer must have a TV licence.<\/p>\n
And all this costs \u00a3174.50 a year.<\/p>\n
The corporation has a duty to collect the licence fee, and sends targeted letters or emails to those it believes are not paying it and should be.<\/p>\n
For people who are 75 or older and receive Pension Credit, blind people, those who live in qualifying residential care and are disabled or over 60, there are concessions however.<\/p>\n
The same applies to businesses that provide overnight accommodation.<\/p>\n
The potential fine for failing to pay the fee is \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always look at ways to improve how we collect the licence fee. This includes using the data available to us to get a better understanding of viewing habits and use of BBC services\u201d, a TV licensing spokesperson told Sky Money.<\/p>\n
Around \u00a3550m out of the \u00a33.8bn collected by the BBC from sales of more than 23 million TV licences in 2024\u201325 is thought to have been lost through evasion.<\/p>\n
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