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Originally Posted by elcreative
Not true... national governments can decide what VAT is charged on, the overall EU is only interested in the total that they get otherwise VAT rates would be uniform across the EU... the UK zero and exempt rate items are not matched by every country in the EU...
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Not when it comes to eBooks. The EU "e-commerce VAT directive" specifies that each EU member state has to charge its full rate of VAT for downloaded data, such as music and eBooks. Spain, for example, tried to reduce the VAT rate it charged for eBooks; this was ruled to be unlawful by the European Commission.