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Originally Posted by Quoth
Actually mostly typical Conservative PR because it's a small amount of tax and an anomaly as books are zero.
There was a long time fuss about the fact of essential female hygiene products having VAT. Far more serious.
Also see Jaffa Cake VAT case.
The biggest issue is the Big Publishers charging the SAME for ebooks as Supermarket Mass Market paperbacks. Also books going out of print. Even quite recent ones, yet the POD cost is about 1/4 of the typical retail book outside of the supermarket.
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Whatever the reason for eBooks to have VAT dropped means they should now be cheaper. They should not be the same price with VAT and without VAT. So any reason for eBooks to be the same price with and without VAT is pure BS and needs to stop. eBooks need to be the correct price at all UK retailers. And that correct price is VAT price minus VAT. So a £7.99 (with VAT) eBook should be sold for £6.66 at ALL retailers in the UK.