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Originally Posted by HarryT
There was an interesting item on this morning's BBC Breakfast about what attracts VAT and what doesn't. It's not as simple as one might think. Eg, plain digestive biscuits are exempt from VAT as food, but chocolate digestives are not, because putting the chocolate on "adds value", and hence makes them liable for VAT. Similarly oranges are exempt, but squashing the oranges to extract the juice again adds value, so orange juice is subject to VAT.
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But an ebook takes
away value by having restrictions on what you can do when you've read it, so shouldn't they be 20% cheaper than a real book?