Culture minister says government will propose ending the 25% rate, the highest in the world, in its budget bill
  • UncleArthur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    Cynic that I am, I expect the book sellers to leave the prices unchanged whilst they pocket the VAT savings.

    • Frostbeard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Well. Problem with small nations with a distinct language (I am Norwegian, and written Norwegian and Danish is basically dialects of the same language. Personally I hate reading danish and enjoy swedish. Think I am a massive outlier) is that you never get any volume. In all the Scandinavian countries large part of the population is pretty much fluent in English (guess the reading population skew even higher) so you have the added competition of English language books as well.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    On books but not on food! 🤢 🤮
    A debate we have had repeatedly, and the argument by the government to not do it on food is that it would be too much administration to cut VAT on healthy/basic foods.
    But it’s absolutely possible on books. !?!?!
    The double standard is astounding.

  • Frostbeard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    Norway doesn’t have VAT on books. Even if you buy from outside the borders in different languages there is no VAT. Can’t speak for others but for me it sure make me buy more books.