Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark’s ‘reading crisis.’ The Scandinavian country’s 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.
Le Monde with AFP
Worried by a “reading crisis,” Denmark’s government will eliminate its sales tax on books, looking to get more citizens buying them, the culture minister said Wednesday, August 20. The Scandinavian country’s 25% tax on books is currently the highest in Europe, and stands in stark contrast with countries such as Britain that charge no sales tax on book purchases.… Lês fierder