From: arja tuuliniemi <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:59 AM

Hi Ann,

We already have had this regulation in Finnish legislation from the
beginning of 2010 when we as a consortium buy e-content from abroad. I
guess this will now be applied to consumer sales as well.

The VAT rate in Finland is currently 24 %.

Best wishes,
Arja

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> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 08:59:45 -0400
>
> This sounds complicated and messy.  Makes US tax rates seem
> straightforward?  Or is it just that I'm used to our ways?
>
> http://www.thebookseller.com/news/e-book-prices-may-rise-vat-law-kicks
>
> "Publishers and retailers will aim to prevent e-book prices from
> soaring when a new European-wide VAT law on digital products is
> introduced on 1st January.
>
> "Following a European Commission ruling dating back to 2008, e-books
> and other digital services—including broadcasting and
> telecommunications—will be taxed in the European member state in which
> the consumer is located, as opposed to the country from which the
> product is sold.
>
> "The move prevents Amazon, Nook and Kobo from applying a low 3% tax on
> e-books sold to European countries, because their headquarters are in
> Luxembourg. Instead, the e-book retailers will have to apply the
> standard UK VAT rate (20%) to e-books sold into the UK....."