Jack Brereton MP awards Rakuten Kobo’s gift of 30 eReaders and £300 of store credit to local school
Jack Brereton MP met with staff and students at Trentham Academy’s Community Learning Centre this afternoon and awarded 30 eReaders to...
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- Mar 13, 2020
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Chancellor announces he will Axe the Reading Tax in the March Budget
We are thrilled that VAT will be removed from e-publications following the new Budget. This will mark an end to illogically taxing people...
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- Feb 9, 2020
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Over 600 Authors call for an end to the unfair tax on digital readers
Over 600 Authors including Stephen Fry, Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell, Booker Prize Winner Bernadine Evaristo and former Blue Peter...
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- Nov 19, 2019
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Campaign Supporters call for election pledge to Axe the Reading Tax
Backers of the Axe the Reading Tax Campaign have called on political parties to commit to removing the unfair 20% tax on eBooks and...
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- Nov 5, 2019
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Konnie Huq Presents Letter To The Chancellor to Axe the Reading Tax
Former Blue Peter presenter and children’s author Konnie Huq led a delegation to 11 Downing Street to hand-in a letter signed by 90 MPs...
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- Jul 29, 2019
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Publishing Industry calls on the new Chancellor to Axe the Reading Tax
Big names across the publishing industry including Penguin Random House UK, Pearson, HarperCollins, Hachette UK, Taylor & Francis and...
The Publishers Association
- Apr 29, 2019
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Reading both digital and print formats offers highest benefit for young people’s literacy
New research supports Axe the Reading Tax campaign to remove VAT on digital publications. Young people who are the most engaged with...
The Publishers Association
- Dec 6, 2018
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UK government urged to act as zero-rating digital VAT becomes legal
Key legislation that has just come into force means the UK government can now apply a zero-rate of VAT to digital publications, bringing...
The Publishers Association
- Dec 5, 2018
- 1 min
'Axe the reading tax': book industry demands end to VAT on ebooks'
Alison Flood writes about the support across the publishing industry for the Axe the Reading Tax campaign in The Guardian....
dconway9
- Dec 4, 2018
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Axe the Reading Tax: eVAT Freedom Day
Written by Dan Conway, Head of Public Affairs and Research. Today is a hugely significant day for UK readers. As of today, which we’ve...
The Publishers Association
- Oct 23, 2018
- 1 min
Time to axe the digital reading tax
Managing Director of the Professional Publishers Association and National Chairman of the Tory Reform Group Owen Meredith writes in The...
The Publishers Association
- Oct 21, 2018
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Children could be less likely to take up reading as a result of tax on digital
Whitehall Editor of the Telegraph, Edward Malncik covers the Axe the Reading Tax campaign. Read the full article here.
The Publishers Association
- Oct 20, 2018
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Publishers urge Hammond urged to drop VAT on e-books to make reading cheaper for kids
Sunday Political Correspondent Ryan Sabey covers the Axe the Reading Tax Campaign, read the full article here.
Stephen Lotinga
- Oct 10, 2018
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From zero to hero
Chief Executive of the Publishers Association Stephen Lotinga writes in The Bookseller on the Economic & Financial Affairs Council...
The Publishers Association
- Oct 2, 2018
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EU vote paves way for UK removal of tax on reading and learning
Publishers have today called for the UK government to use new powers that would allow VAT to be removed on ebooks, audio books and online...
The Publishers Association
- Jun 27, 2018
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A tax on knowledge: the digital penalty
Freelance journalist and presenter of 'Money Box' Paul Lewis writes in the Financial Times on why he thinks the chancellor should zero...
The Publishers Association
- May 25, 2018
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Government must support cut to tax on reading and learning
Publishers have today called for the UK government to support new powers that would allow VAT to be removed on ebooks, audio books and...
William Bowes
- Mar 16, 2018
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VAT law on digital publications is illogical and unfair
Director of Policy for the Publishers Association, William Bowes, writes in The Times that the only solution to the regressive VAT...
Stephen Lotinga
- Nov 20, 2017
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Hammond should read up on reasons to scrap the EU’s tax on ebooks
The Publishers Association's Chief Executive Stephen Lotinga writes in The Times that digital books should be zero-rated, just as printed...