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Old 06-02-2010, 03:42 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
No, the EU mandate that VAT is charged. The rate can be adjusted downwards from the "standard", as some other EU countries do. The UK could, very easily, place eBooks in the 5% category.

Example: Spain did it.

(And yes, there was a rule change early last year which allowed this, as I recall)
I believe that Spain tried to do it, but were not allowed to. There was a follow-up thread reporting this after the one you've linked to.
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