Taxation of eBooks

This page is likely only relevant to you, if you are selling from within the EU.

In some European countries, sales of books are subject to reduced VAT. Since a decision in 2018, digital books (i.e. eBooks) are treated the same as their physical counterparts for tax purposes. Thus, the reduced taxation also applies to eBooks.

How will my eBooks be taxed correctly?

At Tentary, you don’t have to worry about different tax rates on sales (click here for more info on taxation of digital products in Europe). We automatically calculate the correct sales tax and display it on your sales pages and invoices. This requires that you have set up your tax details in your Tentary account. If you sell an eBook, activate the option Treat product as e-publication (e.g. eBook) for VAT purposes in the Settings of the product and save it.

This setting lets us know that your product is an eBook, so Tentary automatically applies the reduced VAT rate when you sell it. You can see which rates these are under Tax information in Tax rates for products with reduced taxation.

On the following page, you will find an overview of the tax rates for eBooks in Europe. Note: we do not provide tax advice, please contact your tax advisor for details.