Thread: Reducing VAT on e-boooks, to match printed books rates
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Old 06-02-2017, 06:48 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Previous VAT changes - both up and down - have been accurately reflected in books prices. Can you give an example of a taxation change which has resulted in publishers (rather than the actual tax rate changes) changing the prices charged to customers? I can't think of one.
A lot of e-books have already the same price as the the paperback variant. If the e-book VAT moves from 19 percent (actual VAT in Germany) to 7 percent the publishers can pocket the difference without adjusting the end price.

Additionally there is something like the Fixed Book Price Law in Germany. Publishers can use that law for an excuse to not 'be able to adjust the price'.
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