Thread: Would you pay more for ebook than paperback?
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Old 10-19-2012, 08:35 AM   #125
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Originally Posted by sabredog View Post
Nothere. Books and ebooks purchased locally are both subject to GST.
Harry T is right in that in Europe, dead tree books are either exempt from taxes or taxed much, much lower than ebooks.
In Germany it's 7% vs. 19% which really is an atrocity. If you want a good laugh, check out this EU taxation list, arranged country by country and go straight to line 6 to see the difference. Ebooks are listed below books as "Books on other physical means of support".

EU folks, better look away in this case or it will ruin your day as it did mine.

Amazon tried to help out customers by having its HQ is Luxembourg so they could offer ebooks at the same low rate as dead tree books at 3%, but of course the other countries are waging a war against them now.
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