Publishing Industry Demands UK End Sales Tax On E-Books

“Digital publications are currently taxed at 20% in the UK; printed publications have been exempt from VAT since its introduction in 1973, ‘on the general principle of avoiding a tax on knowledge’.” Now that new EU legislation allowing member states to cut VAT on digital publications, “a cohort of voices  … is now urging the government to ‘axe the reading tax’.” — The Guardian

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