Denmark to abolish VAT on books in effort to get more people reading
Culture minister says government will propose ending the 25% rate, the highest in the world, in its budget bill
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Is VAT the reason why people don't read in Denmark??? Seems odds, TBH.
Eh, dunno about denmark, but Norwegian books are like 3x the price of the same book in German. That's mostly because it's a small market that still needs translation, though. Doubt fiddling with the VAT will make much difference.
But if price was a concern, aren't libraries an option? Buying new books isn't very common, at least not in North America, where our bookstores have all but disappeared.
I'd be surprised if there was a strong or growing market anywhere in the EU.
Yeah, it's not looking good. There are still bookstores, but more and more it feels like a niche thing.
There has been no VAT on books in Norway, including e-books, since 2015. Norway scores very high on books read per capita, about double that of Denmark.
