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Originally Posted by allenlux
Amazon.com has always charged VAT on shipments to the EU (eg for DVDs), so this should not be a surprise.
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Are you sure about that?
In general, when a non-EU retailer sends physical goods to the EU, the VAT is collected at the point of entry. The vendor doesn't collect it. They don't even need to know about it.
With electronic deliveries, my understanding is that the VAT is charged at a composite rate which applies to the whole of the EU. The fact that you are in Luxembourg (which I believe has one of the lowest VAT rates in Europe) doesn't mean that you will pay less VAT on electronic content than if you were in Germany or the UK.