Rejected petition Abolish VAT on e-books to equalise with the 0% VAT rate on paper books.

E-books can be a more environmentally-friendly and convenient way to read for all people, as they can be read on tablets, laptops, desktop computers and even mobile phones.

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More and more people are owning technological devices to make e-reading a possibility for the majority. Text can frequently be enlarged to allow visually-impaired people to access this fun, convenient and environmentally-friendly way of reading.

A huge variety of different books are now available to buy from different retailers, including the vast majority of the latest in fiction and non-fiction. As time goes by, this will only improve as more books become available to read electronically.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/165284

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Date submitted 7 February 2017
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