VAT rate applicable to E-publications in the EU, recent VAT rate reduction in Czech, Spain, UK

• United Kingdom:  zero rate, effective May 1, 2020
• Estonia: reduced rate of 9%, effective since May 1, 2020
• Czech Republic: reduced rate of 10%, effective since May 1, 2020
• Spain: reduced rate of 4%, effective since April 23, 2020
• Germany: reduced rate of 7%, effective since January 1, 2020
• The Netherlands: reduced rate of 9%, effective since January 1, 2020
• Slovenia: reduced rate of 5%, effective since January 1, 2020
• Austria: reduced rate of 10%, effective since January 1, 2020
• Croatia: reduced rate of 5%, effective since January 1, 2019
• Ireland: reduced rate of 9%, effective since January 1, 2019
• Malta: reduced rate of 5%, effective since January 1, 2019
• Portugal: reduced rate of 6%, effective since January 1, 2019
• Belgium: reduced rate of 6%, effective since April 1, 2019
• Luxembourg: reduced rate of 3%, effective since May 1, 2019
• Finland: reduced rate of 10%, effective since July 1, 2019
• Sweden: reduced rate of 6%, effective since July 1, 2019
• Poland: reduced rate of 5%, effective since November 1, 2019

Note that Norway, a non-EU country, introduced a reduced VAT rate of 0% for electronic publications in July 2019.

Source Taxamo

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