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If they're for educational purposes, then yes, since many college students tend to be on the broke side of things. I know I have to spend about $300 on books every few months, and my college expenses alone are more a year than I make (and I have a relatively good, high paying job, considering I am a student).
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The EU has declared (taking effect from January 2011) that it is acceptable for countries to lower the VAT rate of eBooks to the same level as that of paper books (either 0% or a lower rate depending on the country), but has stated that in the long term they want to get rid of the notion that some products have lower VAT rates than others. Several EU countries have decided to lower their eBook VAT as a result (including France). The EU seemed to be swayed by the argument that companies selling books within the EU had to include VAT in their prices, yet companies outside of the EU could sell to EU customers without having to charge any tax at all. This has the potential to make EU companies less competitive which is obviously not desirable. The British Parliament is able to lower the VAT on eBooks to 0% (to match paper books), but when or if it does that is a matter for them to decide. Last edited by Daveoc64; 09-27-2011 at 06:22 PM. |
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Well, what the heck, I signed it.
[Also the one to change the national anthem - it's so embarassing being, to my knowledge the only nation that has an anthem praying for the leader ! AND it is so insipid next to an awful lot of others - very noticeable in the Rugby World Cup, not a bummer there so far, apart from ours ! And the Marseilles ? - oh , yes please..... ] |
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I don't see how one can easily distinguish between educational books and recreational ones. Some of the books I read for pleasure could well be prescribed for academic courses.
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Not really, since we all need to pay extra taxes to compensate for the corporations that evade paying theirs. You would need to be buying an awful lot of DVDs to make up for that.
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i'm almost as conservative as they come but i agree with that. whether entertainment or otherwise books are knowledge and i fail to see why anyone should restrict knowledge only to those who can afford it, especially with the shocking rise in illiteracy. my feelings are similar when it comes to things like drm. i could almost understand if it were xbox games or something. almost. but books, whether they be physical or digital, uh-uh. |
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The French Parliament put it on hold until next year though due to internal political considerations, although opposition to lowering the VAT on eBooks seems to have died out now. As for the wider EU, they are discussing the possibility of eliminating ALL VAT on electronic goods to make the EU more competitive. That would definitely answer the question once and for all and would make it so that all eBooks have 0% VAT in the EU no matter where they are purchased or sold. Last edited by Daveoc64; 09-28-2011 at 12:57 PM. |
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I do note that there are moves afoot to get ebooks assigned to the reduced band of VAT, or even to remove VAT from ebooks altogether, but as far as I've been able to find out, nothing has actually been passed to do this. It's not very surprising that France (and apparently Spain) are willing to pass a law that will be struck down if appealed to the EU. |
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![]() And again, the corporations are not evading paying tax. Not are they avoiding paying tax, because they don't pay it, you do. Consumers are avoiding paying tax. (Tax evasion is illegal. Tax avoidance is common sense.) |
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