Taxation: UK’s 20% duty on ebooks is manifestly unfair
The government has been challenged once more over the discrepancy between taxation treatment of paper books and ebooks. In a letter to The Times this morning, Alan Sinyor, a VAT expert at commercial law firm, Berwin, Leighton Paisner, makes a strong case for a revision to the rules. He reminds us that traditional paper books are exempt from tax while ebook are taxed at 20 percent.
Art of handwriting dies as keyboard takes over the world
“There are some schools in America,” she said, “where they have already stopped teaching handwriting.”
