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 ------------------------------- Ari Alkio Kansalliskirjasto Kirjastoverkkopalvelut PL 26 (Teollisuuskatu 23-25) 00014 Helsingin yliopisto puh. 050 3199 585 fax. 09 753 9514 sposti: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------- > 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....."