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[FYI] EU to turn US e-tailers into Euro tax gatherers



http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/18430.html

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EU to turn US e-tailers into Euro tax gatherers  

By: Drew Cullen  

Posted: 21/04/2001 at 15:12 GMT  

The European Union is close to agreeing upon a tax on digital sales 
made over the Internet outside the EC to EU citizens, according to 
commissioner Frits Bolkestein.  

In other words, e-tailers in the US will have to charge and collect 
VAT on music and software downloads purchased by EU citizens on 
behalf of the European Union. This will bring them into line with 
their European counterparts.  

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