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owly · 09-17-2014, 05:20 AM

I found this on Goodreads http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-n...-vat-on-ebooks but I can't find their source.

"The European Court of Justice has just concluded that EU member states are free to charge differing rates of VAT on eBooks and paper books. This will allow all countries in Europe to basically change their VAT on all books and not break ‘fiscal neutrality’, an EU concept whereby markets for the same goods are distorted by varying tax rates..."

This could really impact Swedish ebook prices. Currently paper books have 6% VAT, ebooks 25%.

Anyone have more info?

09-17-2014, 05:20 AM	#1
owly Guru Posts: 729 Karma: 3822612 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura H2O	EU Announces Changes to VAT on eBooks I found this on Goodreads http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-n...-vat-on-ebooks but I can't find their source. "The European Court of Justice has just concluded that EU member states are free to charge differing rates of VAT on eBooks and paper books. This will allow all countries in Europe to basically change their VAT on all books and not break ‘fiscal neutrality’, an EU concept whereby markets for the same goods are distorted by varying tax rates..." This could really impact Swedish ebook prices. Currently paper books have 6% VAT, ebooks 25%. Anyone have more info?