New EU Legislation For ALL Digital Sellers

[k_a_webb]

Please, everyone, read this and share it around. http://euvataction.org/2014/12/12/vat-a-mess-new-eu-tax-rules-set-to-close-small-businesses/ We need as many people to sign the petition as possible.

Comments

Re: Tax laws

[anke]

No, the aim is stopping big companies avoiding tax by operating from countries with low VAT. e.g. Amazon un Europe sits in Luxembourg, where the VAT is lowest, so smaller ebook sellers operating from, say, Germany or Spain have an even harder time competing, because VAT is higher there.

From what I heard, th epart where it'S killing small businesses is not intentional, but caused by COMPELTE AND UTTER IGNORANCE of small online businesses. -_-

Re: Tax laws

[ysabetwordsmith]

Having observed the actions of governments, I am dubious of your more favorable interpretation. It matches what they say, but not always what they do.

Re: Tax laws

[k_a_webb]

As I said before this law was created in 2008. Small business didn't exist in 2008 in the same way it does today and I can't help thinking the law makers haven't quite realised how much the world, especially the Internet, has changed in that time. Unfortunately - I think because barely anyone knows about it - the group who've been fighting this is having difficulty showing how it will affect people in the rest of the EU, and the rest of the world, as this is going to have an effect everywhere. People in the US who have heard about it are more than willing to stop selling to the EU, so we need to put a stop to it before our freedom to buy what we want where we want is damaged.

Re: Tax laws

[anke]

This, plus, politicians tend to come from a background where, say, paying £500 to sign up for a service that will take care of the VAT stuff is no biggie. Side/microbusinesses consisting of one person, with no hired accountant, who may consider themselves lucky if they make that much money, are just not on their radar.

Reminds me of the debate about university tuition here in Germany, and someone from the labour party declaring "five hundred euros a semester isn't going to stop anyone from studying", which made me wonder where he keeps his head, exactly.

I kinda doubt it can be stopped, at this point. :(