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The UK government could decide to charge 0% VAT on ebooks. But they would (eventually!) get taken to the EU courts about it. There are some moves in the EU to get audiobooks and ebooks reclassified so that countries can apply their reduced VAT rates to them. I hope that happens at some point. |
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And yes, it really does affect us authors. Not only is it one more thing we have to keep track of at various retailers (how to price our books--I have to price with vat at Amazon, but without it at Kobo, but with it at Smashwords, etc) it's also a deterrent to buying books and that is NEVER good! |
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EU directives (which this is) are legally binding on all member states. Each national government has to pass the appropriate law in its own country to enforce it, which they are obliged to do by the treaty they signed to join the EU.
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Of course politicians love to say their hands are tied...it's either 'the other party" as the excuse or 'our hands are tied.' |
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Here we're only discussing the rates of VAT as applied to paperbooks and ebooks, and in particular the changes that came in on 1st January 2015. |
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Oh sorry. I only meant that as a general comment. My dismay is probably too personal as it affects sales.
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That's OK, I just don't want a political discussion about tax rates in the general forums, and this topic might well veer that way if we're not careful.
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One last thing. I don't have to pay use tax on VAT if the receipt is itemized showing the amount of VAT paid (some tourist areas do this). If the price includes VAT as it generally does then I must pay tax on the tax. |
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