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Originally Posted by Tarana
Yeah, but holy buckets, 15%!? Do they have a similar charge for paperbooks? I know the big objection to taxing ebooks is that they DIDN'T also tax dead tree books. They are the same content but treated differently due to format.
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Paper books were already taxed at 15%, however there are complications because tax on purchases from foreign companies is only collected at the border if the package is worth $400 or more.
In practice I guess most book purchases would be under $400, so most paper books bought from overseas retailers will still be effectively tax-free, while the same books bought from a New Zealand retailer or bought as ebooks will be taxed.