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It's only for OTA programming or to watch BBC online streaming services. You don't need one for eg watching Netflix or playing games.



In Switzerland, you have to pay the tax if you could possibly watch TV at home, so just having a TV or even no TV and an internet connection makes the tax mandatory, even if you don’t French/German/or Italian.

The inspector got me at my apartment once and was certain that I needed to pay the tax. I invited him into my apartment and he saw I had no TV, radio, or Internet, and left very disappointed.




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