Lord Smith of Finsbury – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Smith of Finsbury on 2014-05-07.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 6 May (WA 443) on the treatment of newspaper products, what plans they have in relation to a zero rate of VAT on books provided in digital format.

Lord Deighton

The Government has no plans to change the VAT treatment of books provided in digital format. Legal advice obtained by the Government indicates there is no scope to do so under EU law.