Submitted on Friday 5th August 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Remove VAT on Ebooks
This is a petition to abolish VAT on ebooks. An increasing number of people are reading books in digital format, but with VAT adding a significant extra cost, the books are often little or no cheaper than their print equivalents. The EU has removed barriers to equalising VAT on ebooks but the government doesn't seem to be making any moves towards adopting this. Books should be considered a necessity, not a luxury and an opportunity for extra tax revenue.
There should be a consistent approach to tax on all formats of the written word
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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