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12-01-2016, 07:26 AM | #1 | |
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Equal rules for taxing e-books, e-newspapers and their printed equivalents
The European commission has finally woken up and are now working on new laws regarding the VAT rules for ebooks (among others).
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-4010_en.htm The relevant part: Quote:
Let's hope this will pass soon and our relevant governments implement it it quickly! |
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12-01-2016, 04:26 PM | #2 | |
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I can see that Amazon may have a problem with their online reading subscriptions or even the websites that charge money for reading. Then, again, are the cloud downloading sites selling hi-speed downloading and file storage also selling "ebooks". Aren't user manuals an ebook that is downloaded for free from the manufacturer? Mangas/comics are also ebooks. Would a provider of ebooks need to provide proof that they didn't go beyond the revenue limit? I expect that one day we will be taxed for the CO2 that we send into the air unless we are no longer living. |
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12-01-2016, 11:47 PM | #3 |
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12-02-2016, 02:25 AM | #5 |
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Sweetpea is correct - the proposal is to place ebooks in the same category as other published material such as paper books so that ebooks can be charged VAT at a lower or nil rate.
Low or nil tax on books etc was seen as a good thing to encourage literacy. It is becoming increasingly anomalous that electronic books cannot benefit from this. Sent from my YOGA Tablet 2-830F using Tapatalk |
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Here in Italy the government decided to change the VAT for ebooks to 4%, same as print, two years ago. Good to see we won't have to change it back or risk receiving sanctions from the EU.
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12-02-2016, 08:44 AM | #7 |
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ISTR that Italy required ebooks to have an ISBN to quality for the lower rate.
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12-02-2016, 09:28 AM | #8 |
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I can't speak for the government, but for the booksite aNobi.com, it was isbn or nothing. No exceptions except for old books before isbn's. So any kindle exclusive was out. It made me sad :-(
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12-02-2016, 11:45 AM | #9 |
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A Kindle exclusive /can/ have an ISBN. Still would be contractually Kindle bookstore only during the exclusive contractual period however.
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