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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
One of the curiosities of the new EU ebook VAT scheme, based on buyer location, is that tax fraud may be involved too.
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It has always been the case that if you circumvent geographical restrictions for the purpose of buying a book in a country with a lower tax rate, or, come to that, thereby avoid paying VAT entirely, you lay yourself open to a charge of tax evasion, which is a criminal, not merely civil, offence.