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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
So Swedes are fortunate. I looked it up on the EU site and it said that the current rule for intangible items like downloads is based on the location of the supplying business. In my case in the UK Kindle eBooks are sold by Amazon Media EU SArl in Luxembourg so 15% (UK rate is 20%). The EU intend to change to the location of the customer in ? 2015 ?
If the sale is by the Swedish branch of Amazon that would account for the Swedish VAT rate. But the rate should be that for downloads, not books.
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And following up to myself, effective today, 1st Jan 2012, Luxembourg has reduced its sales tax rate on eBooks from 15% to 3%
So many eBooks are now 10% cheaper from Amazon.co.uk and I expect the same will apply for other EU residents whose emails read "Sold by: Amazon Media EU S. r.l. ". More may follow depending on what "price set by the publisher" means.