Don’t know for Sweden but for Germany the reason that it is not an tax is, that the gouvernements get to decide what is done with the tax money and that would heavily limit the freedom of the public broadcasting channels.
That’s why it is a fee collected by the channels themself.
that was indeed the rationale behind the tv license, until the tv watching population got so small that they could no longer sustain the channels. so then they made it a tax, completely dispelling any notion that there was ever a divide.
Don’t know for Sweden but for Germany the reason that it is not an tax is, that the gouvernements get to decide what is done with the tax money and that would heavily limit the freedom of the public broadcasting channels.
That’s why it is a fee collected by the channels themself.
that was indeed the rationale behind the tv license, until the tv watching population got so small that they could no longer sustain the channels. so then they made it a tax, completely dispelling any notion that there was ever a divide.
In Germany the fee is not dependent on actually watching TV (anymore).