Luxembourg has announced that effective 1 May 2015, the value added tax (VAT) rate applied for e-books will be the standard rate of 17% instead of the reduced rate of 3%. The change follows the decision of the European Court of Justice published 5 March 2015, that applying a reduced rate for e-books was not compliant with EU law. A similar decision was published the same date concerning France's VAT treatment of e-books.
While Luxembourg has complied and will increase the rate, other EU coun…