Name of the Organization : South African Broadcasting Corporation
Type of Facility : Retailers & Business Licences
Country : South Africa
Official Website : http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/SABC/SABCTVLICENCES
Retailer Licences :
A dealer television licence is compulsory for every store where television sets are on display, awaiting sale. If your company has five branches where TV sets are for sale, five dealer’s licences are required by law – irrespective of the number of television sets displayed on the premises.
Related : SABC Apply For Domestic Television Licence South Africa : www.statusin.org/4954.html
Compliance with the law costs only R265 annually per store. However, television sets that are used for business purposes and are not merely on display are required to be separately licensed in terms of the applicable to businesses. Please refer to the latest for each Television Licence category.
Prior to the sale of a television set, you are required under the Broadcasting Act no 4 of 1999 as amended, to verify that a prospective purchaser is the holder of a valid (paid-up) TV licence. Failure to do so has costly consequences. A retailer selling a TV set to an unlicensed purchaser is liable for a penalty of between R3000 and R10 000 for every set so sold. A retailer is also required to capture the details of clients to whom sets are sold in order to submit a written to the SABC.
The Broadcasting Act stipulates monthly and yearly compliance requirements for retailers :
On a monthly basis, a written sales register reflecting the number of television sets sold in the previous month must be sent to the SABC.
On a yearly basis (within thirty days of the end the licensing year) an reflecting the number of TV sets that were sold or alienated in the previous licensing year must be sent to the SABC.
Business Licences :
A business television licence is compulsory for every TV set used in business or commercial activities, or on premises occupied for business purposes. Should you have three television sets on your business premises each set needs to be licensed. Compliance with the law costs only R265 annually per television set. The penalties – double the annual licence fee – are far greater. So, control your costs and pay yours now via any one of our convenient payment channels. It’s the right thing to do.
Documents for download : http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/SABC/tvlicbizinfo
The following Hospitality Associations have established relationships with the SABC to ensure compliance of TV Licence regulations and their members enjoy a 25% discount on their annual TV Licence payments (conditions apply)
FEDHASA (WC) :
Deidre Alberts
021 552 9870
fedhasacape@fedhasa.co.za
FEDHASA (Inland) :
Veronica Daniels
011 326 2323
info@fedhasa.co.za
FEDHASA (KZN) :
Warren Ozard
031 313 9717
fedhasakzn@fedhasa.co.za
GHASA (Guest House Association of SA) :
Lyndsay Jackson
021 762 0880
lyndsay@ghasa.co.za
NAA (National Accommodation Association) :
Gillian Siedle
031 209 6787
johngill@mweb.co.za
AA (Automobile Association) Travel Guides :
Priscilla Sobuwa
Tel : +27 (0) 11 799-1148
Fax : +27 (0) 11 799-1244
priscilla.sobuwa@aasa.co.za
AA (Automobile Association) Travel Guides :
Marilynn Cavendish-Davies
Tel : +27 (0) 11 799-1128
Fax : 086 240-0940
marilynn.cavendish-d@aasa.co.za
Feel free to contact our Business Accounts Department on 011 330-9702 for more information or the Hospitality Associations directly.
Deadlines for Businesses and Retailers Business Deadlines :
Business Deadlines :
** A business must renew its television licence(s) by no later than the 7th of its renewal month in order to avoid accruing penalties, which are loaded on the 8th of the month.
** A business must submit, within 30 days after the end of its licence year, an Annual Audited Statement reflecting the number of TV sets and the period for which those sets were in its possession during that licensing period.
** In its own interest, a business must settle any outstanding balance on its account without delay to avoid the matter being referred to the SABC’s attorneys for debt collection.
** A business should return update letters (confirming its address and contact details) to TV Licences a month before the end of its licence year.
Retailer Deadlines :
** Payment of television licence fees should be made within seven days after the end of a retailer’s licence year in order to avoid accruing penalties on its account.
** Retailers’ Monthly Sales Registers must reach TV Licences within seven days after the end of each calendar month.
** Annual Audited Statements must reach TV Licences within 30 days after the end of a retailer’s licence year.
** Validation of a prospective purchaser’s TV licence : validation must be done before the sale of a television set by phoning the SABC’s Retailer Validation Call Centre on the toll free number (0800 00 9704)