bryandh
Free Member
Walk into any High St bookstore, Waterstones / W.H.Smith etc., buy a hard back, paper back, magazine, newspaper and at the cash desk no VAT is chargeRd. Buy the same product on line from , (say), Amazon for electronic transmission / download and VAT is charged. Why?
Basically because of the crazy tax structure which exists in the UK as such electronic purchases are deemed to be "services" and therefore taxable.
Link this taxation with the artificially maintained high prices of e-books by the online publishers, given that no printing/transport/distribution costs are involved and I suggest the e-book readers are being roundly ripped off.
Not much can be done about the second part of this post but do you agree that:-
" e-books and other reading materials should be exempt from VAT"
Basically because of the crazy tax structure which exists in the UK as such electronic purchases are deemed to be "services" and therefore taxable.
Link this taxation with the artificially maintained high prices of e-books by the online publishers, given that no printing/transport/distribution costs are involved and I suggest the e-book readers are being roundly ripped off.
Not much can be done about the second part of this post but do you agree that:-
" e-books and other reading materials should be exempt from VAT"
Last edited: