Axe the Reading Tax Mar 13, 2020 2 min 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...
Axe the Reading Tax Mar 13, 2020 1 min 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...
Axe the Reading Tax Feb 9, 2020 4 min 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...
Axe the Reading Tax Nov 19, 2019 3 min 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...
Axe the Reading Tax Nov 5, 2019 4 min 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...
Axe the Reading Tax Jul 29, 2019 3 min 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 2 min 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 3 min 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 2 min 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...
