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Aligning the value-added tax on digital publications with that levied on print media, 2019
Description of the policy/measure
Main aims: facilitating independent opinion forming through a diverse press landscape that should be able to offer high-quality content regardless of delivery channel; increasing diversity in the press and publishing landscape target groups: publishing houses; digital and print press; consumers expected results: whether in analogue or digital form, books, newspapers and magazines will be subject to the same tax rates
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
Value-added tax of 19% currently levied on digital publications such as newspapers, ebooks, etc. to be reduced to 7% to equate to the reduced value-added tax levied on press and print products