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Originally Posted by murraypaul
I believe it was made after 5pm on the day before?
So 0 working days in advance.
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From Amazon's statement (my emphasis): “For titles where Amazon sets the price, we will reduce the prices of books not already on promotion,” said a spokesperson. “After receiving today’s notification, we are working as fast as possible to lower prices for customers.”
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1. you are right, it was announced on 30 April by HM Treasury, I can't find an exact time. but that same announcement also removed vat from Covid 19 PPE ( which was not a previously scheduled change) . so also 0 working days in advance. As I had previosuly posted UK govt has a track record of announcing immediate VAT changes ( and other duties like petrol , spirits, cigarettes - & expecting them to be implemented from that midnight
Published 30 April 2020
From:
HM Treasury
"From tomorrow (1 May 2020), PPE purchased by care homes, businesses, charities and individuals to protect against Covid-19 will be free from VAT for a three-month period.".
I doubt we will see many " the price of this N95 mask was set by the manufacturer" cop-outs
2. what would be more interesting , but I have no idea how to find out, is what % of e books at amazon are ones where "Amazon sets the price" - I suspect its a low figure