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Old 04-15-2010, 06:22 AM   #16
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We in Lithuania have 21% VAT on paper and e-books. Try to bit that!
Norway may be looking at 25% but the discussions are ongoing.

The sentralized distribution system for e-books is ready but the retailers are waiting for a governmental decision on VAT for electronic books. So I cannot get any e-books in my own language just yet.

Keep in mind, we are not a member of the EU but we still have to abide by a lot of the EU crap.
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Old 04-15-2010, 08:55 AM   #17
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We in Lithuania have 21% VAT on paper and e-books. Try to bit that!
It's 25% in Denmark (it's the standard VAT rate).
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Or you could sell intellectual property rights for the material and then give free access to a download/torrent of said material. Or make the book a reward for donation of a certain amount? there are many ways around it. In fact you could just link to a web page which i am pretty sure doesn't count and let them copy it themselves.
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It's 25% in Denmark (it's the standard VAT rate).
25% in Sweden for eBooks but for paper books it is 6%.
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Or you could sell intellectual property rights for the material and then give free access to a download/torrent of said material. Or make the book a reward for donation of a certain amount? there are many ways around it. In fact you could just link to a web page which i am pretty sure doesn't count and let them copy it themselves.
Forget it. As I explained in my previous post (#9), those tricks won't let you avoid VAT. It doesn't matter how you dress it up, it's still a VAT-able transaction.
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Old 03-06-2011, 08:33 AM   #21
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Or you could sell intellectual property rights for the material and then give free access to a download/torrent of said material. Or make the book a reward for donation of a certain amount? there are many ways around it. In fact you could just link to a web page which i am pretty sure doesn't count and let them copy it themselves.
Good luck with your plan, but the tax authorities are not stupid.
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