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Amazon charging VAT on some books?

byrnefm · 2022-06-14 21:31:35

Hi, I was putting in an order for 3 Japanese Anime books (Demon Slayer,) and the total came to £20.96. at checkout, it sais £22.84 with a message saying "Order totals include VAT". The VAT works out at about 9%. What VAT rate is this? It's purely a set of books - no digital media included. It's not the first time I've seen…

14-06-2022 9:31pm

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byrnefm

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Hi,
I was putting in an order for 3 Japanese Anime books (Demon Slayer,) and the total came to £20.96. at checkout, it sais £22.84 with a message saying "Order totals include VAT". The VAT works out at about 9%.
What VAT rate is this? It's purely a set of books - no digital media included.
It's not the first time I've seen this...

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#2 14-06-2022 9:38pm

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Are they books or comics?

Also maybe they are periodicals (13.5%)

The zero rate is quite specific. Also excludes manuals, notebooks, magazine style books and others

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#3 14-06-2022 9:43pm

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They're comic books (Demon Slayer Vol. 3, for example). It's a series of 23 in all.

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#4 14-06-2022 9:47pm

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Hmm .. just spotted another thread asking the same question (sorry). So Ireland charges VAT on comic books .. but the UK does not ..

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058049557/amazon-uk-adding-9-vat-on-books

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#5 14-06-2022 9:50pm

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MOD - Moved to the comics forum to be merged with previous thread,

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