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Originally Posted by dublincheri
My objection is not the book price itself but our government's insistence that an ebook is subject to 23% VAT while the paper version is tax free.
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If you're in the EU, it's not your government that's to blame, but the EU's VAT Directives. Ebook downloads are classified as a "service" rather than a product under a ruling that was originally intended to ensure that VAT was paid on digital music downloads and, as a service, they are subject to the full rate of VAT. Ebooks got caught in it as a side-effect.