Broadcasting contribution (GEZ) a hidden tax? Judgment of the BVerfG | Attorney Christian Solmecke

UPDATE:

On 18 July 2018, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the broadcasting contribution was largely compatible with the Basic Law. The situation is different with the regulation for second homes. The current legal provisions on the obligation to pay contributions for second homes are incompatible with the Basic Law. A new regulation must be adopted here by 30 June 2020. For more information click here:


https://www.wbs-law.de/allgemein/rund...


UPDATE ENDE

The discussion about the Broadcasting contribution is heated. Many are dissatisfied with the regulation and again and again it is said that the contribution should be a hidden tax. Now the Federal Constitutional Court is dealing with this case. The verdict will be passed tomorrow. The BVerfG will decide how to proceed with the broadcasting contribution. At the same time, the German radio report is also available to the European Court of Justice.

Attorney Christian Solmecke
Christian Solmecke is a lawyer and partner of the Cologne media law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE and specialises in advising the Internet, IT and media industries. In recent years, he has steadily expanded the firm's Internet law/e-commerce practice and supports numerous media representatives, Web 2.0 platforms and app developers.
In addition to his legal practice, Solmecke is Managing Director of the German Institute for Communication and Law on the Internet at the Cologne Business School (http://www.dikri.de). There he deals in particular with legal issues in social networks.
Before working as a lawyer, he worked for over 10 years as a freelance journalist and radio presenter (for Westdeutscher Rundfunk, among others).


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