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Originally Posted by lene1949
Fictionwise's 10% probably apply to Americans.. In Australia the figure is more than likely 90%
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For FW they maintain that there is little restriction for US...a little more for CA, with the bulk of the 10% being the rest of the world. (don't know about Australia).
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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
The point about tax is not that geo restrictions are justified by some quirk of taxation, but rather that once such restrictions have been applied, circumventing them might avoid paying tax which you should pay according to local laws. So the case you cite is annoying, and seems unjustified, but if you pretend to be in the US to circumvent the geo restriction, the side-effect that VAT is not paid could be a problem.
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I can buy non-geo books from FW, and there are more than I originally thought - a lot depends on the author/publisher - at least one net effect of this is that I have now discovered 'new' authors to read.
I buy using my UK address & credit card, the price stays the same; all I am charged extra for is a minimal currency transaction. so whether the book is or is not geo-restricted, the tax issue is seemingly not addressed (though there is probably a US sales tax in the price, so I am probably helping to shore up the US tax system rather than the UK's.....
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