01-02-2015, 06:58 AM | #226 |
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Mayne I should use VPN and set it to someplace when purchase? )
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01-02-2015, 07:19 AM | #228 |
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Even for wrongly charging tax? Will the EU or UK turn a blind eye if too much tax is charged if it is in their favor? Can the store just say - oops, the customer said he is in the UK and not in another state in the EU with even higher VAT rate.
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If the EU controls VAT rules, then why do so many EU countries have different VAT rates?
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Contact your government and complain about the rate for eBooks. 20% is ridiculous. |
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If the rate of VAT were to be lowered, other taxes would have to be raised to make up the shortfall. |
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It's 0% https://www.gov.uk/rates-of-vat-on-d...and-newspapers Yes, 20% on eBooks is clearly ridiculous in my opinion. Clearly it's acceptable to you and that's OK, but don't ask me to pay it on your behalf thank you. |
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01-02-2015, 07:33 AM | #234 |
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20% is not too much if regular books also had that same 20%. As it is the paper books in the UK have a reduced VAT rate (I believe it is no VAT) - having VAT on ebooks is wrong in that case. Other EU countries have also different rates for books (some just lower instead of zero).
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I can imagine the traditional publishers are rubbing their hands with glee now, 0% tax on paper books and 20% on ebooks. It's ridiculous.
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I agree with you entirely, but it needs to change at the EU level; national governments can't make the change. Hence my earlier remark that there was little point in talking to the government about it.
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If you don't complain to your local government, who do you think will complain to the EU? Where I grew up, silence meant agreement, so stay silent and get whatever someone else decides on your behalf I guess. |
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Personally speaking, I'm not that bothered about it, to tell you the truth. I'm pretty price-insensitive when it comes to reading, and I don't mind paying taxes on things that I buy. If this revenue stream is cut off, taxes on something else will inevitably have to rise to make up the shortfall.
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