United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 5409
Audiobooks and Electronic Publishing: VAT
Introduced
20 January 2020
Last action
28 January 2020 · Answer
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Source updated
28 January 2020
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of charging VAT for e-books and audiobooks on (a) literacy rates and (b) the wellbeing of people with disabilities.
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Timeline
20 January 2020
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of charging VAT for e-books and audiobooks on (a) literacy rates and (b) the wellbeing of people with disabilities.
Source: Commons
28 January 2020
Answer
The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT. The impact on literacy and people with disabilities of any reduction of VAT on e-publications is likely to depend on commercial decisions about the extent to which any tax saving would lead to pr...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-20/5409
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1171957
- uk · wq-1171957 · source updated 28 January 2020