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Originally Posted by Daveoc64
This is not correct.
The EU has declared (taking effect from January 2011) that it is acceptable for countries to lower the VAT rate of eBooks to the same level as that of paper books (either 0% or a lower rate depending on the country), but has stated that in the long term they want to get rid of the notion that some products have lower VAT rates than others.
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Do you have any references to this? I have not heard this before, and I would have thought that it would have received some publicity at least, had it been the case.