eBook VAT Has Been Changed in the EU At Least 8 Times This Year
Everyone has heard that the UK reduced the tax collected on the sale of books earlier this year, but did you know they were not the only ones? I was...
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UK to End VAT on eBooks (But Not Audiobooks)
After a decade of lobbying bu authors and book publishers, the UK government announced this week that the Value Added Tax collected on the sale of ebooks would be reduced...
EU Finally Allows For Lower VAT on eBooks
So six years after EU members were punished for lowering the tax they collect on the sale of an ebook in violation of EU rules, the European Union decided that...
EU Accepts Amazon eBook Commitments to Settle Antitrust Case
The most-favored-nation clause is a tool invented by Apple and used by Amazon to prevent being undercut by price competition. It is on house arrest in the European ebook market...
Brazil Cuts Import Duties on eReaders, Drops Taxes on eBooks
Earlier this week ZDNet and other sites reported that Brazil’s supreme court had reduced or eliminated taxes and import duties on ereaders and ebooks, but I think they are missing the...
EU Court Rules Lower Sales Tax Only Applies to Print, Not eBooks
European countries must levy standard rates of sales taxes on digital books and newspapers rather than the reduced levels possible for their printed equivalents due to e-commerce rules, the EU’s...
European Commission Proposes that eBooks be Sold with Reduced VAT
Proving once again that they are the inspiration for Vogons in Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide series, the European Commission announced a couple proposals on Thursday which should lessen the cost and bother of...
Bitkom: One in Three Germans Readers Have Read an eBook
The German digital trade group Bitkom has released its annual report (PDF) on digital adoption in Germany this week, and the report contained few surprises. A survey of 2,171 German consumers found...
EU Takes Next Step Towards Lower Taxes on eBooks
Remember all that foofaraw over the past few years where France and other countries lowered the tax they collected on books, the European Union ruled the tax rate illegal (because ebooks...
Tolino to Cut Royalties on Cheap eBooks to 40%
Germany’s leading ebook retail consortium announced on Monday that it is no longer going to pay a 70% royalty on all ebooks distributed through its publishing portal, Tolino Media. e-Book-News.de,...
New Error-Ridden Report Looks at eBook Market in Europe
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) just wasted a lot of people’s time. The EPRS has published a new briefing document on the state of the ebook market in Europe,...
Apple Raises iPad Prices in Germany to Cover a New “You Must be a Pirate” Tax
I hope German consumers got their iPad last year, because Apple raised the prices in Germany for its iDevices on Friday. The gadget maker told the AP today that it had increased...
Poland Challenges EU Ruling on eBook Tax Rates
When the European Court of Justice ruled earlier this year that France and Luxembourg could no longer tax ebooks like they were books but must instead charge the higher standard...
The VATmess is About to Get Messier for Indie Authors and Publishers (If That’s Even Possible)
When the EU tax laws changed earlier this year (aka the #VATmess) and forced sellers to collect VAT based on where their EU customers were located, it caused an incredible...
Amazon, Kobo Announce Price Policy Changes for Japanese eBook Sales
Here’s a quick heads up to remind authors that Amazon and Kobo will be changing how they collect taxes on ebooks sold in Japan. Kobo and Amazon have each sent...