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Originally Posted by reech
In the UK, books are VAT free (currently 20%) - however eBooks are excluded as they are seen as digital items, not books, so DO attract a 20% tax. Gits.
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For the record and for any Euro readers, Amazon in the UK pay not 20% but a 15% tax because that's the standard rate in Luxembourg and they set up Amazon SARL there to sell eBooks. The EU rule for VAT on music and ebook downloads being currently "where the seller is registered" though they hope to change to "where the buyer lives" in 2012.
So just as weird as the US, just differently so.