12 Mar, 2020 Budget 2020: an eye on innovation By Deeksha Rathi Understandably, dealing with the economic impact of Covid–19 dominated Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first Budget. But the UK government...
03 Jan, 2020 Digital newspapers and VAT By Tanja Velling A Council Directive of November 2018 purported to finally allow Member States to apply a reduced or zero VAT rate to digital books and...
17 Jun, 2019 Co-opting digital companies into tax law enforcement By Tanja Velling Today, The Times reported that some 38,000 online sellers registered for VAT in the UK in 2017-18, compared to 29,000 in the previous...
26 Feb, 2019 VAT and the Future of Journalism By Deeksha Rathi In 2018, the UK government launched an independent review, led by veteran journalist Dame Frances Cairncross, to understand what could be...
10 Dec, 2018 VAT and digital publications: time to embrace the future of reading By Deeksha Rathi A new EU Directive that came into force last week allows member states to align VAT rates for electronically supplied books, newspapers,...