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Re:'Reading crisis' prompts Denmark to end 25% tax on books by StopDisinfo910 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @02:58AM (#44969867)
> The real problem is actually less the exact rate of 25%, but rather that most of the systems only assume one rate.

This can’t be the case.

You have to apply the VAT of their own country to customer from other part of the union and some services are exempt.

In all likelihood, most systems in Denmark already supports using different VAT for different products. Plus, most accounting systems won’t be Denmark specific anyway but simply configured for it.

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Re:'Reading crisis' prompts Denmark to end 25% tax on books by StopDisinfo910 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @06:04PM (#44978656)
Can someone explain to me why I do sit at -2 on a perfectly factually valid comment? Is VAT so foreign to American they are actually lost by how intra-community purchases work and how VAT is collected? Are the Danes here simply never exporting anything?
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