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Reducing VAT on e-boooks, to match printed books rates
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06-01-2017, 10:12 AM | #2 |
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The publishers will probably pocket the difference.
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Previous VAT changes - both up and down - have been accurately reflected in books prices. Can you give an example of a taxation change which has resulted in publishers (rather than the actual tax rate changes) changing the prices charged to customers? I can't think of one.
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Publishers won't notice the difference. If a paper book is sold by the publisher to a bookshop for €20 (that's the publisher's price and thus always excluding VAT), I pay €21,20 for that book (we have a low VAT rating of 6%). If that same book is sold by the publisher to the bookshop for €20 but in electronic form, I pay €24,20 (21% VAT). In both cases, the publisher gets €20.
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And the store gets nothing for the sale?
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I know that I was just being a smart alex. Although my wife uses another word that starts with a.
It is the same with Sales Tax in the US. Some states, including Georgia offer a Sales Tax Free Weekend for people to purchase back to school items. I find it funny that people will flock to the store to save 7%. The stores do not discount on these weekends. It would be smarter and cheaper to wait for the stores to offer their back to school sales. Most of these sales will be for 20% or more off. Apache |
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Additionally there is something like the Fixed Book Price Law in Germany. Publishers can use that law for an excuse to not 'be able to adjust the price'. Last edited by joblack; 06-02-2017 at 06:51 PM. |
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But of course as we don't actually own the ebook, just licence it unlike a pbook.
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