European Commission Takes First Step Against Luxembourg and France's Rogue eBook VAT Rates

Luxembourg and France clearly broke free from European Union law at the beginning of 2012 when they lowered the VAT applied to ebooks, to 3 percent and 7 percent respectively--with Luxembourg's move particularly advantaging international players like Amazon that as a legal matter "sell" ebooks across Europe from Luxembourg. Now,…

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