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Old 12-03-2014, 10:39 PM   #78
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Yes, welcomed. People like Rizla have been going on for years about how unjust it is that Amazon sell from Luxembourg and charge only 3% VAT as a result. I'm sure he's jumping up and down for joy at the prospect of them being "brought into line" and having to pay the same amount of VAT as UK-based companies.
I am sure Rizla and a few others ARE jumping for joy.

The rest of us haven't been going on for years...

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Originally Posted by mr ploppy View Post
Didn't people realise that would be where the money would come from when they first started demanding Amazon and the like pay more taxes? It's not often I agree with Harry, but he's right about this. People should be jumping for joy at the prospect of paying more for their ebooks now they have got what they wanted.
I think most people aren't the ones hyping up Evil Amazon, in fact, the trend here on MobileRead is to applaud Amazon for following the law.
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