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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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HarryT is right, in that the UK can't change the VAT they charge on eBooks unilaterally.
But EU law doesn't come from nowhere. The only way to get it changed is for national governments to want to change it.