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Originally Posted by Mivo
In Germany, books of any kind, not just academic ones, always had a substantially lower VAT than other goods (7% vs. 19% currently). Printed books are considered "a cultural good", but e-books aren't. Yep, they are "services" and treated much like software.
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Sorry, I meant ebooks...
Here it's 6% for books and 21% for ebooks. But academic ebooks, and audiobooks, as long as they are on a physical carrier (usb, cd, whatever) were already allowed the 6% rate. But if you only had the download...