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Originally Posted by DMB
VAT is the UK sales tax. I happen to think it is quite wrong for VAT to be charged on ebooks when it isn't on dtbooks, but if Amazon can do well despite VAT, it ought to manage to pay US sales taxes.
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Well, you know as well as I do that that's down to the EU's "eCommerce" VAT directive, which requires all EU states to charge the full rate of VAT on downloaded items. Amazon has absolutely no say in the matter
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Yes, I entirely agree that sales tax should be charged on internet sales, but we're probably straying into the area of politics here, and shouldn't go down that road.