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Originally Posted by Fbone
If there is no mechanism now, there might be one in the future.
What is stopping Amazon, Kobo, etc from changing their HDQS to a non-EU country? Lease an office and file some paperwork?
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There is more and more cooperation between countries on taxes (See how Switzerland turned over records without batting much of an eye and they were known to be friendly to foreign money for years). It would be a lot of trouble and they'd end up in court and probably have to pay eventually. I won't mention again that locals paying the tax are the only ones who might be able to make a difference.
Re: Baen They are probably paying the tax or planning on it. It was probably cheaper for them to eat the 20 percent than pay for a software upgrade. Software changes can cost millions. They are very small and upgrade those types of things very, very slowly. If their presence is small overseas by percentage of overall sales, the software changes may not be worth it to them. Or, they may eventually curtail sales over there if it becomes too big of a headache.