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Old 02-25-2008, 08:01 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Razi View Post
What? VAT on books? Since when? There is absolutely no VAT on books in the UK. VAT on ebooks will certainly make them more expensive than dead-tree books. If any thing, ebooks should be subsidized like solar heating and diesel engine cars (low road tax). 19.5% VAT? Am I missing something here?
When you buy something from another EU country, you get charged the VAT rate of the seller (19.6% in France), not your VAT rate. Books are indeed "zero-rated" for VAT in the UK, but they aren't in France, which is what matters here, I'm afraid.
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