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DawnFalcon · 06-02-2010, 03:36 PM

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)

06-02-2010, 03:36 PM	#10
DawnFalcon Banned Posts: 2,094 Karma: 2682 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: N/A	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)