Denmark is scrapping a 25% sales tax on #books to encourage more #reading in the country and combat a #literacy crisis
TBH I'm more surprised Denmark has this high tax in the first place, books have 0 VAT here in UK (and Norway as well)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm48mvl33ro
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
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