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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Well okay, it's 0% VAT for pbooks in the UK, so I'm biased :P
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Yes, but you don't pay 0% VAT on ebooks...
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Originally Posted by =X=
I can't tell if you guy's are serious or not 19-25% my knees get weak and my stomach turns just thinking about those rates. Do you guys also pay income tax or does the government generate tax revenue only by tax sales?
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Remember, most European countries are welfare states. The way to pay for a welfare state is generally by taxation.
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Originally Posted by =X=
Right that was what I was getting at. I heard eBooks where classified under software so that is why they are taxed heavily. Do you pay the higher taxes for DVD, books, and CDs?
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No, they are a service. If I were to buy a cd, floppy disk, usb stick, dvd rom, blue-ray disc, hd, tape? with an ebook on it, it would be a "book" and thus get the low VAT rate. But as I don't get a physical carrier it's a high VAT rate thing.
Books are low VAT, music (on CD's, DVD's or any other carrier) is high VAT.