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Mar 13, 20202 min read

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...

Mar 13, 20201 min read

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...

Feb 9, 20204 min read

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...

Nov 19, 20193 min read

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...

Nov 5, 20194 min read

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...

Jul 29, 20193 min read

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...

Reading both digital and print formats offers highest benefit for young people’s literacy

The Publishers Association

Apr 29, 20192 min read

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...

UK government urged to act as zero-rating digital VAT becomes legal

The Publishers Association

Dec 6, 20183 min read

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...

'Axe the reading tax': book industry demands end to VAT on ebooks'

The Publishers Association

Dec 5, 20181 min read

'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, 20182 min read

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...

The Publishers Association

Oct 23, 20181 min read

Time to axe the digital reading tax

Managing Director of the Professional Publishers Association and National Chairman of the Tory Reform Group Owen Meredith writes in The...

Children could be less likely to take up reading as a result of tax on digital

The Publishers Association

Oct 21, 20181 min read

Children could be less likely to take up reading as a result of tax on digital

Whitehall Editor of the Telegraph, Edward Malncik covers the Axe the Reading Tax campaign. Read the full article here.

Publishers urge Hammond urged to drop VAT on e-books to make reading cheaper for kids

The Publishers Association

Oct 20, 20181 min read

Publishers urge Hammond urged to drop VAT on e-books to make reading cheaper for kids

Sunday Political Correspondent Ryan Sabey covers the Axe the Reading Tax Campaign, read the full article here.

Stephen Lotinga

Oct 10, 20181 min read

From zero to hero

Chief Executive of the Publishers Association Stephen Lotinga writes in The Bookseller on the Economic & Financial Affairs Council...

EU vote paves way for UK removal of tax on reading and learning

The Publishers Association

Oct 2, 20181 min read

EU vote paves way for UK removal of tax on reading and learning

Publishers have today called for the UK government to use new powers that would allow VAT to be removed on ebooks, audio books and online...

The Publishers Association

Jun 27, 20181 min read

A tax on knowledge: the digital penalty

Freelance journalist and presenter of 'Money Box' Paul Lewis writes in the Financial Times on why he thinks the chancellor should zero...

Government must support cut to tax on reading and learning

The Publishers Association

May 25, 20181 min read

Government must support cut to tax on reading and learning

Publishers have today called for the UK government to support new powers that would allow VAT to be removed on ebooks, audio books and...

VAT law on digital publications is illogical and unfair

William Bowes

Mar 16, 20181 min read

VAT law on digital publications is illogical and unfair

Director of Policy for the Publishers Association, William Bowes, writes in The Times that the only solution to the regressive VAT...

Hammond should read up on reasons to scrap the EU’s tax on ebooks

Stephen Lotinga

Nov 20, 20171 min read

Hammond should read up on reasons to scrap the EU’s tax on ebooks

The Publishers Association's Chief Executive Stephen Lotinga writes in The Times that digital books should be zero-rated, just as printed...